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[ verb ] as of vehicles or their riders
Examples "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn" "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us" Used in print (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)One afternoon , as the women sat clucking softly , a new carload of people pulled_up at the gate . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)That afternoon when they had pulled_up in_front_of the broken-down ranch_house , his hopes had been high . |
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[ verb ] straighten oneself
Synonyms Examples "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Once , then - for how many years or how few does not matter - my world was bound round by fences , when I was too small to reach the apple_tree bough , to twist my knee over it and pull myself up . |
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[ verb ] draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Examples "pull weeds" "extract a bad tooth" "take out a splinter" "extract information from the telegram" Related terms |
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[ verb ] pull up by or as if by the roots
Synonyms Examples "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" Related terms |
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