pull apart
phrasal verb
pulled apart; pulling apart; pulls apart
1
: to be separated into parts or pieces by pulling
The rolls pull apart easily.
2
: to separate or break (something) into parts or pieces
She pulled the rolls apart with her hands.
—sometimes used figurativelyHis gambling problem is pulling the family apart.
3
: to separate (people or animals) in order to stop a fight
Customers stepped in and pulled the two men apart.
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Here's how to pull this prank off: To make the crackers, pull apart several vanilla sandwich cookies.
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Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
Look for natural divisions where the bulbs seem ready to pull apart by hand.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
Overstreet’s Free Direction (1971) is a mauve canvas that looks a bit like a hexahedron whose sides have been pulled apart.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Reusable code will continue to thrive around small, robust interfaces and otherwise will be pulled apart into specialized code.
—Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
Look for natural divisions where the bulbs seem ready to pull apart by hand.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
Overstreet’s Free Direction (1971) is a mauve canvas that looks a bit like a hexahedron whose sides have been pulled apart.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Reusable code will continue to thrive around small, robust interfaces and otherwise will be pulled apart into specialized code.
—Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pull apart
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“Pull apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20apart. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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