1. Pull out means to drive onto a road from another road, or from a parking space at the side of the road.
Example of use:
a) Don’t pull out yet, there’s a lorry coming.
b) He pulled out right in front of me, and my car crashed into his.
2. When a train pulls out of a station it starts to move and it leaves the station.
Example of use:
My train was pulling out of the station when I got there so I had to wait for the next one.
3. To pull out of something also means to withdraw from an agreement, or stop taking part in an activity.
Example of use:
According to newspaper reports, Barack Obama has said that America will pull out of Afghanistan in 2011.
| infinitive |
pull out |
| present simple |
pull out and pulls out |
| -ing form |
pulling out |
| past simple |
pulled out |
| past participle |
pulled out |
See also, pull up
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