1.
When a vehicle or driver pulls out , the vehicle moves out into the road or nearer the centre of the road.
She pulled out into the street...
He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.
PHRASAL VERB : V P prep , V P
2.
If you pull out of an agreement, a contest, or an organization, you withdraw from it.
The World Bank should pull out of the project...
A racing injury forced Stephen Roche to pull out.
PHRASAL VERB : V P of n , V P
3.
If troops pull out of a place or if their leader pulls them out , they leave it.
The militia in Lebanon has agreed to pull out of Beirut...
Economic sanctions will be lifted once two-thirds of their forces have pulled out...
His government decided to pull its troops out of Cuba.
PHRASAL VERB : V P of n , V P , V n P of n
4.
If a country pulls out of recession or if someone pulls it out , it begins to recover from it.
Sterling has been hit by the economy’s failure to pull out of recession...
What we want to see today are policies to pull us out of this recession.
PHRASAL VERB : V P of n , V n P of n
5.
see also pull-out