Synonyms of pull out

pull out 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to move

to leave a place often for another

the party's been fun, but it's time to pull out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• move
• exit
• depart
• get
• go
• get off
• take a walk
• push off
• peel off
• push on
• walk out
• run along
• shove (off)
• cut out
• bail out
• escape
• take off
• dig out
• evacuate
• step (along)
• go off
• start
• flee
• clear out
• part
• beat it
• clear off
• sally (forth)
• fly
• bail
• take a hike
• quit
• pull up stakes
• pike (out or off)
• hit the road
• set out
• buzz (off)
• bugger off
• bug out
• pack (up or off)
• take a powder
• bug off
• book
• strike out
• pull stakes
• withdraw
• get out
• retire
• begone
• retreat
• run away
• emigrate
• skip
• step out
• scarper
• vamoose
• go out
• remove
• abandon
• desert
• light out
• vacate
• abscond
• forsake
• scram
• scat
• decamp
• adjourn
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• arrive
• show up
• remain
• stay
• turn up
• settle
• dwell
• abide
• close
• approach
• reach
• hit
• lodge
• land
• tarry
• near

2

as in to withdraw

to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)

the aid workers have been advised to pull out of those regions to which the conflict has spread

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdraw
• retreat
• fall back
• retire
• drop back
• give way
• back away
• lose ground
• flee
• recede
• give ground
• evacuate
• fly
• pull away
• leave
• climb down
• chicken (out)
• shrink
• flinch
• recoil
• back down
• detach
• bow out
• go
• depart
• abandon
• disengage
• disentangle
• vacate
• quit
• backtrack
• backpedal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advance
• breast
• face
• confront
• dare
• beard
• defy
• brave
• outbrave
• brazen

pullout

2 of 2

noun

ˈpu̇l-ˌau̇t 

as in withdrawal

an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable

the civil unrest has led the company to initiate a pullout of its operations in the region

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdrawal
• retreat
• retirement
• pullback
• recession
• rout
• disengagement
• recoil
• revulsion
• shrinking
• flinch
• disentanglement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advance
• advancement

Examples of pull out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

About one minute later, at an altitude of 8,000 feet, three pilot parachutes will pull out the ship's three 104-foot-wide main parachutes, slowing the decent to about 18 mph. —William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024

Each year, the U.S. Open closes out the season with a bang, and everyone seems to pull out all the stops for the occasion. —Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024

Noun

The stop was just an unmarked pullout along U.S. 89 south of Page, Arizona. —Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024

The pullout removed shock absorbers between Iraqi political factions and left Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki free to indulge his most sectarian instincts. —Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023