pullout

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noun

pull·out ˈpu̇l-ˌau̇t

Synonyms of pullout next

: the act or an instance of pulling out: such as

: the action in which an airplane goes from a dive to horizontal flight

: pullback

: something that can be pulled out

pull out

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verb

pulled out; pulling out; pulls out

intransitive verb

: leave, depart

: withdraw

Examples of pullout in a Sentence

Noun A pullout of troops from the region has begun. the civil unrest has led the company to initiate a pullout of its operations in the region Verb the party's been fun, but it's time to pull out the aid workers have been advised to pull out of those regions to which the conflict has spread

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Noun

This is a difficult request to meet: Hezbollah members live in these buffer-zone towns, and monitoring such a pullout would be very challenging. —

Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024 This is especially true for diehard West Bank settlers, who feel their opposition to the 2005 pullout from Gaza has been vindicated and sense an opportunity to raise their status within Israeli society, especially given their prominence in the army’s fighting forces. —

Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024

Verb

This allowed several cables to pull out of the sockets, ultimately causing the platform to plummet into the reflector more than 400 feet below, according to the report. —

Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 The Indiana Fever star may have even served as a good luck charm for McCaffery as the Bulldogs pulled out a win on opening night, defeating the Missouri State Bears 72-65. —

Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pullout