pull up1
1(Of a vehicle) come to a halt: he pulled up outside the cottage...
- If I remember correctly, it was the sound of the ice-cream van pulling up outside my house.
- She was gobsmacked when the limo pulled up outside her home in Tattershall, Toothill.
- When a police vehicle pulls up youngsters hide in the bushes.
Synonyms
stop, draw up, come to a stop/halt, halt, come to a standstill, brake, park;
arrive
2Increase the altitude of an aircraft.The airplane nicely recovered by smoothly pulling up to level flight....
- Pull up in a high sharp wing-over and then dive on your enemy.
- So low in fact, that the pilots had to pull up slightly to get the plane on the runway!
See parent entry: pull
pull-up2
/ˈpʊlʌp
/noun
1An exercise involving raising oneself with one’s arms by pulling up against a horizontal bar fixed above one’s head.Add variety to your workout with other great back exercises including pull-ups, chin-ups, machine rows, lat pull-downs and pullovers....
- If you're strong on this movement, perform it after pull-ups and heavy rowing exercises.
- For instance, a good time to train your grip strength is after pull-ups or other back exercises.
2British dated A roadside cafe.‘Breakfast’ at Lancaster at a roadside pull-up.
- south-western
- southwesterner
- south-westernmost
- south-westward
- southwestwardly
- south-westwards
- south wind
- South Yorkshire
- Soutine, Chaim
- souvenir
- souvenir hunter
- souvlaki
- sou'wester
- sov
- sovereign
- sovereign debt
- sovereign good
- Sovereign Grant
- sovereignist
- sovereignly
- sovereign state
- sovereigntist
- sovereignty
- sovereign wealth fund
- soviet