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[Kenji Noda]

Dear friends,
Please help me with this:
"Bud had told me his own mother was dead and that his dad had pulled out when Bud was a kid."

I can't understand "pulled out".

[dragn]

Hi Kenji,

In the absence of any other context that would suggest something different, I would assume this means Bud's dad left, abandoning the family when Bud was young.

Hope this helps.

Greg

[Kenji Noda]

Thank you Greg.
If I take the sentence as "Dad pulled himself out of the family.", I can understand your explanation, right?