pull apart phrasal verb (see also pull)

1. pull something ↔ apart to separate something into pieces:
Pull the meat apart with two forks.

2. pull somebody ↔ apart to make the relationships between people in a group bad or difficult:
His drinking pulled the family apart.

3. pull something ↔ apart to carefully examine or criticize something:
The selection committee pulled each proposal apart.

4. pull somebody/something ↔ apart to separate people or animals when they are fighting:
The fight ended only when the referee pulled the two players apart.

5. if something pulls apart, it breaks into pieces when you pull on it

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pull apart
pull apart (something)
to examine all the parts of something in order to understand it.
We spent the afternoon pulling apart the figures supplied by the research team.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pull apart something
pull apart (something)
to examine all the parts of something in order to understand it.
We spent the afternoon pulling apart the figures supplied by the research team.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲