VERB | motion | pull out, get out | move out or away |
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motion | pull out, draw, pull, get out, take out | bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | |
contact | pull out, extract, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out | remove, usually with some force or effort | |
social | pull out, chicken out, back off, back down, bow out | remove oneself from an obligation |
Meaning | Move out or away. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | get out | |
Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
Opposite | pull in, get in, move in, draw in | Of trains |
Similar to | chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out | Remove oneself from an obligation |
Nouns | pullout | to break off a military action with an enemy / enemy |
Meaning | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "pull out a gun" | |
Synonyms | draw, pull, get out, take out | |
Narrower | unsheathe | Draw from a sheath or scabbard |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
Similar to | draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well |
extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out | Remove, usually with some force or effort | |
pull | take away | |
Spanish | sacar | |
Catalan | treure |
Meaning | Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | extract, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out | |
Narrower | demodulate | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
thread | Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string | |
wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing | |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
See also | pull | cause to move by pulling |
Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
Spanish | extraer, sacar | |
Catalan | extreure |
Meaning | Remove oneself from an obligation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | chicken out, back off, back down, bow out | |
Narrower | resile | Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. |
Broader | retire, withdraw | Lose interest |
Similar to | pull out, get out | Move out or away |
Spanish | acobardarse, amedrentarse, rajarse |
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