pull·out
ˈpu̇l-ˌau̇t 
pulled out; pulling out; pulls out
Synonyms
Noun
Verb
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of pullout in a Sentence
Noun
A pullout of troops from the region has begun.
the civil unrest has led the company to initiate a pullout of its operations in the region
Verb
the party's been fun, but it's time to pull out
the aid workers have been advised to pull out of those regions to which the conflict has spread
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Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Israel's Negotiations with the US In an interview with Israeli army Radio, Herzog hinted that a new understanding with the Trump administration may delay the pullout.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
But once the plane was airborne, the board staff said, it could have been pulled out of a sudden stall if the crew had applied emergency power and lowered its nose.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Visit a Real-Life Movie Set After a 2008 flood washed through this roadside pullout 4 miles west of Lajitas, just a single adobe structure still stands at the Contrabando movie set.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Israel's Negotiations with the US In an interview with Israeli army Radio, Herzog hinted that a new understanding with the Trump administration may delay the pullout.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
So Cassidy pulled out and read aloud definitive scientific conclusions that vaccines don’t cause autism.
—Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
But once the plane was airborne, the board staff said, it could have been pulled out of a sudden stall if the crew had applied emergency power and lowered its nose.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Pullout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pullout. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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