PULLOUT

disengagement, fallback, pullout

(noun) to break off a military action with an enemy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pullout (plural pullouts)

A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.

The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level flight.

An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.

(typography) synonym of liftout

An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.

(surfing) The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the board into or over the back of a wave.

Anagrams

• outpull

Source: Wiktionary



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