Pull (out)
'pull out' is the definition.
(I know that pull out can be written as extract)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for extract that I've seen before include "Short passage from a longer work" , "Pull out - quotation" , "Draw out by force" , "Passage selected from a larger work" , "Uproot by force" .)
'pull out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cry off that I've seen before include "Pull out" , "Scratch" , "Fail to keep an arrangement" , "Drop out or withdraw - in tears?" , "Withdraw from engagement - in tears" .)
(Other definitions for eke that I've seen before include "Increase, lengthen" , "Stretch (out); in addition (archaic)" , "Make a living laboriously - a palindrome" , "Make last longer" , "addition to Scots" .)