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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:
Don’t pull out yet, there’s a lorry coming.
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.
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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