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to pull quote

to pull quote

1 4.6
To take a short line from a text and show it separately to get attention
  • phrasal verb
  • Literature
translation icon : extraer una cita
  • Editors often pull quote interesting statements to catch the reader's attention.

Examples

  • He often pulls quotes from various sources for his articles.

  • The designer decided to pull quote a powerful line from the article for the magazine spread.

  • She suggested we pull quote the author's main argument to feature on the cover.

  • I need to pull quotes from three different interviews.

  • The editor decided to pull a quote from the author's interview to highlight his main ideas.

  • When creating the article, she made sure to pull a quote that would grab the reader's attention.

  • To make the report more engaging, he chose to pull a quote from the latest research findings.

Surface Forms

pull quote infinitive
pulled quote past
pulled quote past participle
pull quoting present participle
pull quotes third person singular

Morphology

pull + quote

A B1 learner who knows 'pull' (take/out) and 'quote' (a passage) can infer the basic idea of taking or extracting a quotation, so the core sense is partly compositional. However, the specific publishing/layout nuance — extracting a short, notable line and displaying it prominently — is a genre-specific extension of 'pull' and not fully predictable from the parts, so the expression is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Pull quote The verb pull quote comes from the same image: a designer pulls a short quote from the article and places it in a visible spot. So to pull quote means 'to take a short quotation from a text and show it where people will see it'.