pullout

Definition

A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.

Etymology

Deverbal from pull out.

Example Sentences

• "Capt. Greg Baarts with the CHP Northern Division says information pulled from the SUV's software shows the vehicle was stopped at the highway pullout before it accelerated straight off the cliff."
• "Here's a pretty strange pullout. An "El Rollo." When Corky does something strange, everyone for 50 yards knows all about it."
• "Most pullouts, then and today, are done by simply angling or pivoting the board up and over the wave crest."