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pull
verb pulled, pulling
- tr & intr
1. To grip something or someone strongly and draw or force it or them towards oneself; to tug or drag.
- Thesaurus: tug, drag, haul, strain, wrench, yank.
- Thesaurus: draw up, pick, gather, rend.
- Form: pull something out (also)
- Form: pull something up
4. To draw (a trailer, etc).
5. To open or close (curtains or a blind).
6. To produce (a weapon) as a threat to them.
- Form: pull something on someone (often)
7a. To row;
intr
7b. Said of a boat: to be rowed or made to move in a particular direction.
- Form: pull away, off (often)
intr
9a. Said of a driver or vehicle: to steer or move (in a specified direction);
- Example: pulled right
9b. Said of a vehicle or its steering: (towards a specified direction), usually because of some defect.
10. sport.
- In golf, cricket, snooker, etc: to hit (a ball) so that it veers off its intended course.
11. Said of an engine or vehicle: to produce the required propelling power.
12. To inhale and exhale smoke from (a cigarette, etc); to draw or suck at it.
- Form: pull at something (usually)
- Form: pull on something
14. To strain (a muscle or tendon).
15. printing.
- To print (a proof).
16. slang
- To pick up (a sexual partner).
- 1. An act of pulling.
2. Attraction; attracting force.
- Thesaurus: attraction, seduction, magnetism, lure.
- Example: has some pull with the education department
- Thesaurus: influence, power, advantage, sway, clout (
5. A tab, etc for pulling.
6. A stroke made with an oar.
7. printing.
- A proof.
- A sexual partner, especially a casual one.
- To trick or cheat someone.
- Thesaurus: swindle, cheat, graft (
- To be deliberately less hard-hitting than one might be.
- A dismissive expression used by the speaker to indicate that they are not being fooled by what has just been saidOther idioms containing ‘pull' can be found under one of the other significant words, eg pull someone's leg is under leg.
- Example: You've got a date with Brad Pitt? Pull the other one!
- To check someone, often oneself.
- To take them aback.
Phrasal Verb: pull ahead of or away from someone or something
- To get in front of them or it; to gain a lead over them or it.To leave them or it behind.
- To rip or tear it; to reduce it to pieces.To criticize it severely.
- To tug repeatedly down on it.To execute strokes with (an oar).See verb 12 above.
- To withdraw or or make it withdraw or retreat.
- To demolish (a building, etc).
- Said of a train: to arrive and halt at a station.Said of a driver or vehicle: to move to the side of the road.
- To arrest them.
- To make (money), especially a large amount.
- To arrange or accomplish it successfully.
- Example: pull off a deal
- To put on (an item of clothing) hastily.
- To withdraw from combat, or from a competition, project, etc. See also pull-out.Said of a driver or vehicle: to move away from the kerb or into the centre of the road to overtake.
- To extract or remove it.
- Said of a driver or vehicle: to move to the side of or off the road and stop.
- To recover from an illness.
- To help them to recover from an illness.
- To work together towards a common aim; to co-operate.
- Said of a driver, vehicle or horse: to stop.
- To criticize them or tell them off.
- To make (a vehicle or horse) stop.
- To catch up with or draw level with them or it.
