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 military to withdraw or escape or be withdrawn or rescued, as from a difficult situation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)

   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)

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

Idioms and Phrases

Leave, depart, as in The bus pulled out at noon . [Mid-1800s]

Withdraw from an undertaking, as in After the crash many investors pulled out of the market . [Late 1800s]

Related Words

• abandon 
• depart 
• evacuate 
• exit 
• get off 
• leave 
• retire 
• retreat 
• stop 
• take off 
• withdraw