单词 | to pull about |
释义 | > as lemmasto pull about to pull about transitive. To pull this way and that, to pull in various directions; (colloquial) to treat roughly or unceremoniously. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE ransacka1400 attamec1430 ruffle1489 tug1493 to shear against the wool1546 rumble1570 finger1572 to pull about1679 misguggle1814 rowdy1825 to jerk around1833 scrag1835 rough1845 hooligan1898 roughhouse1898 savage1899 to rough up1915 to treat 'em rough1918 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida iv. ii. 53 The young Sparks do so pull him about, and hall him by the Cassock. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. v. 96 Some of them..applying their Teeth to his Wig, which he had with a Handkerchief fastened to his Head, they began to pull him about . View more context for this quotation 1806 Courtship & Marriage Cock Robin (c1820) 14 In came the cuckoo..And caught hold of Jenny, And pulled her about. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 230 More than three years before, they had pulled him about and called him Hatchetface. 1865 W. White Eastern Eng. II. 67 He's hevin' his place pull'd about. 1898 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 238/2 They shouted his name in glee, embraced his legs, and pulled him about like affectionate young bears. 1903 E. F. Benson Act in Backwater xix. 311 If there is one thing I dread it is being pulled about by a professional man [i.e. a surgeon]. 1969 B. Head When Rain Clouds Gather xii. 174 She..pulled the little girl about roughly as she dressed her for school, so nervous and unsettled did she feel. 1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin xli. 247 Ow, ow, stop pulling it about, just be careful. < as lemmas |
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