pull apart
verbo- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart.
- To become separated as a result of pulling. · A frayed rope will pull apart under tension.
- To separate (people or animals that are fighting). · The drunken brawlers had to be pulled apart.
- To disassemble, dismantle, take apart (a machine or other mechanical device). · When his watch stopped working, he pulled it apart to work out what was wrong with it.
- To investigate rigorously the basis of (an idea or theory). · Starting with a couple of inconsistencies, the detective began to pull apart his alibi.
- To criticise harshly and in detail. · The professor pulled her essay apart in front of the entire class.
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