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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Word of the Day

14 January 2025

SUCH

(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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