pull quote

See also: pull-quote

English

A pull quote in the middle of two columns of writing

Alternative forms

• pull-quote

Noun

pull quote (plural pull quotes)

1. (graphic design) A brief excerpt drawn from a document and set separately from the main text—often in larger type and/or in a frame—in order to draw the eye.

   Synonyms: liftout, pullout

   • 2017, Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise, page 10:

     Experts are often reduced to sound bites or "pull quotes," if they are consulted at all.

   • 2022 November 19, Barney Ronay, “Gianni Infantino does his Football Jesus act during bizarre monologue on Qatar”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Really, though, in between the pull quotes and the killer lines, Infantino’s performance was something far more disturbing.

Translations

a brief excerpt used out of context

• Dutch: blikvangercitaat n
• Finnish: nosto (fi)
• French: relance (fr) f, relance-citation f
• Navajo: azhí
• Spanish: cita destacada f

See also

• quote doctor