pull apart
See also: pull-apart
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
pull apart (third-person singular simple present pulls apart, present participle pulling apart, simple past and past participle pulled apart)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pull, apart.
- to become separated as a result of pulling
- A weak rope will pull apart.
- to separate two people or animals that are fighting
- to dismantle a machine or other mechanical device.
- (idiomatic) to rigorously investigate the basis of an idea or theory.
- Starting with a couple of inconsistencies, the detective began to pull apart his alibi.
Coordinate terms
- (dismantle): strip down.
Translations
disassemble — see disassemble
to separate two people or animals that are fighting
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