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1. (military) to break off a military action with an enemy
   - disengagement, fallback

1. Move out or away
   "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire";
   - get out
    
2. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
   "pull out a gun";
   - draw, pull, get out, take out
    
3. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   "pull out a bad tooth";
   - extract, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
    
4. Remove oneself from an obligation
   "He pulled out when he heard how much work was involved";
   - chicken out, back off, back down, bow out

Derived forms: pulling out, pullouts, pulled out, pulls out

Type of: go away, go forth, leave, remove, retire, retreat, take, take away, withdraw

Antonym: pull in

Encyclopedia: Pullout