pull out

v 1: move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the

cease-fire" [syn: {get out}] [ant: {pull in}]

2: bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a

cover; "draw a weapon" [syn: {draw}, {pull}, {get out}, {take

out}]

3: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort;

"extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; also used in

an abstract sense: "extract information from the telegram"

[syn: {extract}, {take out}, {draw out}]

4: remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he

heard how much work was involved" [syn: {chicken out}, {back

off}, {back down}, {bow out}]