If a country pulls out of recession or if someone pulls it out, it begins to recover from it. Sterling has been hit by the economy's failure to pull out of recession What we want to see today are policies to pull us out of this recession. see also pull-out
If troops pull out of a place or if their leader pulls them out, they leave it. The militia in Lebanon has agreed to pull out of Beirut Economic sanctions will be lifted once two-thirds of their forces have pulled out His government decided to pull its troops out of Cuba
When a vehicle or driver pulls out, the vehicle moves out into the road or nearer the centre of the road. She pulled out into the street He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him
draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
If you pull out of an agreement, a contest, or an organization, you withdraw from it. The World Bank should pull out of the project A racing injury forced Stephen Roche to pull out
remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
A type of hand deploy pilot chute where the pilot chute is packed inside the container and pulled out using a handle with a lanyard to the pilot chute