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 ~ to overtake the guy in front of him.
PHRASAL VERB: V P prep, V P
2.
If you ~ of an agreement, a contest, or an organization, you withdraw from it.
The World Bank should ~ of the project...
A racing injury forced Stephen Roche to ~.
PHRASAL VERB: V P of n, V P
3.
If troops ~ of a place or if their leader pulls them out, they leave it.
The militia in Lebanon has agreed to ~ 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 ~ 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