ごぼう抜き

ごぼうぬき

Also written 牛蒡抜き

Meanings

1. Noun pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out
2. forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators)
3. overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead

Kanji

• 抜 pull out. Read as ぬき.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists