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pull out

verb

pull out is spelled P-U-L-L-O-U-T: 7 letters. As a verb, pull out means “Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in pull out?

Letters7: P-U-L-L-O-U-T
In writinga phrase: the frequency list counts single words
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
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Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).

How do you pronounce pull out?

  • Australia

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pull_out.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with pull out

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

pull out vs pullout0 B

Also written: pullout (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of pull out

  • pulls out present, singular, he/she/it
  • pulling out participle, present
  • pulled out participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does pull out mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, out.

    I need to pull the splinter out of my hand.

  2. 2

    To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.

    The troops pulled out of the conflict.

  3. 3

    To transition from a dive to level or climbing flight.

    After releasing its bomb, the plane pulled out of its dive.

  4. 4

    To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.

  5. 5

    To remove something from a container.

    He pulled his gun out before she had a chance to scream.

  6. 6

    To maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane.

    When joining a road, you should check for traffic before pulling out.

  7. 7

    To draw out or lengthen.

  8. 8

    To draw out by dragging or tugging.

adjective

as pull-out
  1. 1

    That can be pulled out.

noun

as pull-out
  1. 1

    Alternative form of pullout.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Pull out in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchse retirer (to withdraw), sortir (to remove something from a container), s'engager, déboucher (to maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road…)
Portugueseretirar, retirar-se (to withdraw), puxar (to remove something from a container), sair (to maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road…), tirar (to use coitus interruptus as a method of birth…)
Spanishretirarse (to withdraw), sacar (to remove something from a container), marcha atrás (to use coitus interruptus as a method of birth…)
Germanherausziehen (to remove something from a container)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does pull out come from?

Inherited from Middle English pullen oute.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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