Free
Free verb - To set free (as from slavery or confinement).
Pull
Pull verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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She tries to pull his head free from the hand with no avail, so she tells his body to help her pull him free from the hand.
Source: Losing Your Head -
The first time happens, ironically, completely accidentally when she's talking with her 'new friend' Halflight Dawn (who is actually Twilight Tragedy in disguise) and manages to undermine Discord's brainwashing to the point it ultimately enables Twilight to break free and pull a HeelFace Turn.
Source: Talking the Monster to Death -
Strange (the performer) pulls a stranded ship free by animating the beach Horse Sand into horses made of sand, then lashes them to the ship to pull it free.
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