Pullout

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The action of removing or withdrawing from a place or situation ; a page or section added separately into a magazine or newspaper, often detachable
2. The process of retreating or pulling away from an engagement or location ; an insert usually found in publications that can be taken out for reference or display
3. A withdrawal movement from a position or involvement ; a stand-alone sheet included inside a periodical for special emphasis or convenience

Etymology: The noun "pullout" is a deverbal formation: it was built from the phrasal verb "pull out," which English speakers had been using since Middle English, when "pullen out" meant to draw something forth or away from a place. The verb's sense of drawing back or removing oneself from a position is what the noun carries over, so a pullout is literally the act of pulling out. The noun is a straightforward product of English word-formation rather than a borrowing or a coinage with a famous author. Speakers took the two-word verb, compressed it into a single closed compound, and turned it into a thing-word for the withdrawal itself, the way "breakdown" or "takeout" were formed from verb phrases. The sense "withdrawal from a position," especially in military and political contexts, grows naturally out of the physical image of drawing back.

Synonyms: withdrawal, extraction

Antonyms: insertion