English / phrasal verb
pull apart
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To separate into pieces; to examine or dismantle components thoroughly
In context
01
Airport customs officers had to pull apart the luggage when the scanner flagged an unregistered battery.
02
We had to pull apart our whole travel budget to figure out why the flight tickets were costing so much.
Synonyms
Dismantle,disassemble,separate
Antonyms
Assemble,combine,unite
Collocations
Pull apart luggage,pull apart budget,pull apart a mechanism