"pull to publish" meaning in English

See pull to publish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pulls to publish [present, singular, third-person], pulling to publish [participle, present], pulled to publish [participle, past], pulled to publish [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull to publish (third-person singular simple present pulls to publish, present participle pulling to publish, simple past and past participle pulled to publish)
  1. To withdraw a work of fan fiction from circulation and commercially publish a reworked version of it as original fiction. Wikipedia link: Cthulhu Mythos, Les Misérables, Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars Categories (topical): Fan fiction, Publishing Hyponyms: file off the serial numbers

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