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Kenji Noda
Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 33
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: pull out |
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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". |
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dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Posts: 450
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:52 am Post subject: |
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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 |
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Kenji Noda
Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 33
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:32 am Post subject: Thank you Greg. |
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Thank you Greg.
If I take the sentence as "Dad pulled himself out of the family.", I can understand your explanation, right? |
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