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pull out

verb

  1. tr to extract
  2. intr to depart

    the train pulled out of the station

  3. military to withdraw or escape or be withdrawn or rescued, as from a difficult situation
  4. intr of a motor vehicle, driver, etc
    1. to draw away from the side of the road
    2. to draw out from behind another vehicle to overtake
  5. intr to abandon a position or situation, esp a dangerous or embarrassing one
  6. foll by of to level out or cause to level out (from a dive)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an extra leaf of a book that folds out
  2. a removable section of a magazine, etc
  3. a flight manoeuvre during which an aircraft levels out after a dive
  4. a withdrawal from a position or situation, esp a dangerous or embarrassing one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He said he continued to pull out of the junction, but braked when he saw the nearside back wheel going over a person.

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Brook was due to play in this year's Indian Premier League but pulled out to manage his workload.

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During interrogations he had his nails pulled out, he told us.

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Finalist Zavia Hill has been forced to pull out due to an injury.

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It comes six months after the singer had to pull out of a US support slot with alt-pop star Remi Wolf.

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