PULL APART


Meaning of PULL APART in English

pull apart phrasal verb ( see also ↑ pull )

1 . pull something ↔ apart to separate something into pieces:

Pull the meat apart with two forks.

2 . pull somebody ↔ apart to make the relationships between people in a group bad or difficult:

His drinking pulled the family apart.

3 . pull something ↔ apart to carefully examine or criticize something:

The selection committee pulled each proposal apart.

4 . pull somebody/something ↔ apart to separate people or animals when they are fighting:

The fight ended only when the referee pulled the two players apart.

5 . if something pulls apart, it breaks into pieces when you pull on it

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.