Pull out

Phrasal Verbs | B2

Listening exercises with “Pull out”

If you pull out (of something), it means you change your mind about participating or being involved in something. This is often used when we are talking about social or business arrangements.

Imagine you have arranged with your friends to go to the cinema together on Friday, but change your mind because you aren’t feeling very well. You would call them and let them know that you were pulling out.

We might use this phrasal verb to say that we had to pull out or were forced to pull out of something – we didn’t want to change our mind, but we had no other option.

Have a go at these micro-dictation exercises to hear this expression being used in context – how much can you understand?

Accent: Northern England