"pull apart" meaning in English

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      "form": "pulls apart",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pulling apart",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "pulled apart",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart."
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        {
          "text": "A weak rope will pull apart."
        }
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        "to become separated as a result of pulling"
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        "to separate two people or animals that are fighting"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate two people or animals that are fighting",
          "word": "trennen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raznimátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate two people or animals that are fighting",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "разнима́ть"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "raznjátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate two people or animals that are fighting",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разня́ть"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dismantle a machine or other mechanical device."
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Starting with a couple of inconsistencies, the detective began to pull apart his alibi."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rigorously investigate the basis of an idea or theory."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to rigorously investigate the basis of an idea or theory."
      ],
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  "word": "pull apart"
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  "coordinate_terms": [
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      "word": "strip down"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pulls apart",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulling apart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulled apart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulled apart",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart."
      ],
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          "apart",
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A weak rope will pull apart."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become separated as a result of pulling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to separate two people or animals that are fighting"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dismantle a machine or other mechanical device."
      ],
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          "dismantle"
        ]
      ]
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Starting with a couple of inconsistencies, the detective began to pull apart his alibi."
        }
      ],
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        "to rigorously investigate the basis of an idea or theory."
      ],
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        [
          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) to rigorously investigate the basis of an idea or theory."
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to separate two people or animals that are fighting",
      "word": "trennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznimátʹ",
      "sense": "to separate two people or animals that are fighting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разнима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznjátʹ",
      "sense": "to separate two people or animals that are fighting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разня́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pull apart"
}

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