1. (verb) pull out, get out
move out or away
"The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"
2. (verb) draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
"draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
3. (verb) extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
"pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
4. (verb) chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
remove oneself from an obligation
"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
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