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pulling out

pulling out

20 6.1
Withdrawing the penis from a partner's vagina before he releases sperm to try to avoid pregnancy
  • noun
  • NSFW
translation icon : marcha atrás (informal)
  • She mentioned that pulling out requires careful timing to be effective.
  • pulling out the penis

Examples

  • They decided to practice pulling out during their intimate moments for birth control.

  • Many couples use pulling out as a method to prevent pregnancy.

  • And he consciously pulled out his penis.

  • Yeah, I wouldn't trust to pull out with someone if I didn't want to get pregnant.

  • Oh yeah, I tried to be precaution during sex by pulling out but it clearly didn't work.

Synonyms

coitus interruptus
vspulling out
  • NSFW
1 9.3

A method to prevent pregnancy where the man pulls out before ejaculation

is the everyday phrase for the same practice rather than the formal term
withdrawal
vspulling out
  • NSFW
1 6.8

Pulling the penis out of the vagina before ejaculation to avoid pregnancy

is the fuller descriptive phrase explaining the practice as birth control
withdrawal method
vspulling out
  • NSFW
6.6

A way to avoid pregnancy by pulling the penis out before ejaculation

is the common spoken expression for the same action rather than a method label
onanism
vspulling out
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9.9

Withdrawing the penis before ejaculation during sex to try to avoid pregnancy

is the neutral modern description used in everyday birth control context

How Effective

sterilization
  • Specialized
22 4.9
IUD
  • Specialized
9 4.1
pill
786 1.0
condom
  • NSFW
442 2.8
pulling out
  • NSFW
20 6.1

Surface Forms

pulling out singular
pulling outs plural

Morphology

pull + out

The medical/sex-education sense is a straightforward extension of the literal verb + particle combination 'pull' + 'out' meaning 'withdraw'. Given the context 'method of birth control', a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer it refers to withdrawing (the penis) before ejaculation, so the construction is compositional and predictable.

Etymology

The noun pulling out comes from the simple action of pulling something out. It refers to a man withdrawing during sex before ejaculation to try to prevent pregnancy, so the phrase means 'a method of birth control'.