1. (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
   "The general ordered a pullout of troops from the contested region";
   - pullback, fallback
    
2. A section that can be pulled out, especially a supplementary section in a newspaper or magazine
   "The Sunday edition included a pullout guide to local restaurants";
   - pull-out

1. Move out or away
   "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire";
   - get out
    
2. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
   "pull out a gun";
   - draw, pull, get out, take out
    
3. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   "pull out a bad tooth";
   - extract, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out
    
4. Remove oneself from an obligation
   "He pulled out when he heard how much work was involved";
   - chicken out [informal], back off, back down, bow out
    
5. Withdraw or leave a place or situation
   "The troops pulled out of the conflict zone"

1. (military) to break off a military action with an enemy
   "The army's pull-out from the region took several weeks";
   - disengagement

Derived forms: pull-outs, pulls out, pullouts, pulled out, pulling out

Type of: go away, go forth, leave, off [informal], remove, retire, retreat, take, take away, withdraw, withdrawal

Encyclopedia: Pullout