| 释义 |
pull someone/thing in1Succeed in securing or obtaining something: the party pulled in 10 per cent of the vote...- His notoriety pulled in enough votes more than 52,000 to secure a ballot line in future elections.
- The host didn't pull in huge numbers in the U.S., but it pulled in enough attention.
1.1 informal Earn a sum of money: you could pull in £100,000...- We have been fundraising all over the summer and like the Calendar Girls we needed to do something different to pull some money in.
- At the peak of his power, Ed says he pulled in $10,000 to $15,000 a week, storing the money in $20 bills in stacks of boxes.
Synonyms earn, be paid, make, get, bring in, rake in, clear, collect, net, gross, pocket, take home 2 informal Arrest someone: I’d pull him in for questioning...- And then pulling people in for interviews, arresting certain people, offering certain deals for certain people at a low level to rat out somebody at a higher level.
- In the latter case, the shop developing the prints alerted the police, who pulled Somerville in for questioning.
- Then it would be over zealous Spanish cops who decided to pull the suspect in.
Synonyms arrest, apprehend, detain, take into custody, take prisoner, seize, capture, catch, take in informal collar, nab, nick, pinch, pick up, run in, bust, nail, do, feel someone's collar 3Use reins to check a horse.Soaps give a strong presence and endorsement to their women characters, but it is important to note that at some points the reins are pulled in....- The same thing happened to this story about the Football Association pulling the reins in on Fanzine reporting of fixtures lists.
- If you believe you can pull the reins in or believe that you do have some control about the outcome, there's a greater likelihood - at least I believe - that you will not drink as much.
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