to pull out of
79
3.2
- phrasal verb
- /pʊl aʊt ʌv/
:
retirarse de
- You want to pull out of the greatest sporting event in the world because of a few rumors.
- pull out of the project
- pull out of the government
- pull out of South Africa
Donald Trump plans to pull out of the US Paris.
- Donald Trump plans to pull out of the US Paris.
- And the Seals got pulled out of Afghanistan and so we went over to Iraq.
- And eventually, of course, nowadays new books that come out agree that Kennedy was pulling out of Vietnam.
- The only thing that needs to happen to end the Russia Ukraine war is for Putin to pull out of said war.
- So as you're under G like so as I'm pulling out of that turn, you're doing what's called an anti G straining maneuver.
- And he also talks about how he pulled out of Kiev, his military, out of Kiev as a Kiev, Kiev, whatever, as a way to negotiate.
- And at that time, I was kind of just trying to pull out of addiction.
- So the Adpocalypse basically a lot of the big brands pulled out of YouTube because they didn't want their ads to roll on content that was just not family friendly.
- If we pull out of the deal now, you have to going to pull out of it.
- And, and yeah, when we pulled out of there in the way that we did, I mean, to just I, I, I don't understand.
Examples
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A country such as China could simply choose to pull out of the international emissions-containment regime, undermining it completely.
Academic text (2008) -
They're pulling out of the deal.
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And at that time, I was kind of just trying to pull out of addiction.
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Sir, Israel is pulling out of the talks.
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The only thing that needs to happen to end the Russia Ukraine war is for Putin to pull out of said war.
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The Republicans just pulled out of the study, Dan.
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The Americans have pulled out of Vietnam.
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The U.S. armed forces must pull out of Taiwan and the Taiwan Straits.
Academic text (1999) -
Now, realistically, does anyone think the U.S. can pull out of WTO or NAFTA?
Academic text (1994) -
The company decided to pull out of the project after realizing the costs were too high.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To go away from a place, person, or group
∞
1.0
Leave a place or situation
466
2.8
To stop taking part in a place or activity
356
2.8
Move away from someone, or stop taking part in something
214
3.0
To leave a course, competition or group before finishing
206
3.4
To stop being involved in an activity or agreement
164
3.1
To leave a meeting or event suddenly to show you disagree
162
3.4
To move yourself and things backward from a place, person, or situation
125
1.0
To go out of a place or leave a situation
123
5.1
To stop doing a job, duty or action after someone tells you to
86
3.5
To move away from people or a place to create space
82
5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
59
4.6
To separate yourself completely from someone or something
59
3.9
Stop supporting or taking part in a plan because you feel unsure
50
3.5
To choose not to take part in something
34
8.5
To leave a group or country and stop being part of it
30
4.1
To leave an organization and form a separate group
20
4.9
To stop doing a job or role politely
16
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
3
6.7
To stop being involved with a person, group, or idea
2
3.7
To stop taking part in an agreement you already agreed to
1
4.0
To move back from a place or position, often to a safer spot
1
8.4
To officially take back a promise or plan
1
3.0
Officially stop attending a class before it ends
1
6.8
To stop being signed up for a course, program, or school
1
7.5
To stop being a member of a group or organization
To try to avoid doing something you promised or agreed to do
To remove yourself or someone else from a course
Antonyms
How Committed
86
3.7
341
3.6
79
3.2
- Informal
79
3.4
50
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to withdraw from' follows directly from the literal components: 'pull' (move/bring) + 'out' (away) + 'of' (from), evoking physical removal or leaving. This is a common phrasal-verb metaphor where physical extraction maps onto withdrawing from an activity, a pattern that is cross-linguistically frequent and thus predictable for a B1 learner who knows the parts.
Etymology
Pull out of comes from the simple image of pull and out, like taking a plug out of a socket to stop the power. So, when you pull out of a plan or event, you are moving away from it and 'withdraw' or 'leave' the activity.