pull out
Leave mid-commitment
Pull out means to withdraw or extract something from a place or situation.
You pull out a splinter, pull out of a parking space, or pull out of a deal.
Troops pull out when they withdraw from a region.
The noun pullout names such a withdrawal.
To pull out all the stops is to use every available resource, from organ playing where stops control airflow to pipes.
- yankQuick, forceful pull
- unplugSever from power source
- detachTo separate from
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- withdrawRemove or pull away
evacuate · disengage · coitus interruptus · birth control · pluck · disconnect · dislodge · remove · leave · exit · uproot · retreat · back away · get away · relinquish · abandon · cut ties · decouple
- pullingtug, yank, drag, haul, tow
- bring outbring forth, elicit, evoke, educe, extract
- cancelcancel, annul, nullify, invalidate, revoke
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- quittingquit, resign, resignation, stop, end
commitment/participation
pull outcommit
Bind to a course
stay in · stick with · see through · follow through · double down