pullverb
uk/pʊl/us/pʊl/pull verb (MOVE TOWARDS YOU)
A2 [ I or T ] to move something towards yourself, sometimes with great physical effort:
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- Lie on your back, clasp your knees and pull them down towards your chest.
- He pulled the knob and it just came off (in his hand).
- We watched in horror as they pulled the bodies from the wreckage.
- She dipped her oars into the water and pulled.
- When you pull the strings, the puppet's arms and legs move.
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Pulling
- draft
- drag
- draught
- draw sth up
- haul
- heave
- heave-ho
- heft
- hitch sth up
- pluck
- pluck at sth
- reel
- retract
- suck
- tow
- tow-away
- traction
- tweak
- twitch
- wrench
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pull verb (REMOVE)
B1 [ T ] to take something out of or away from a place, especially using physical effort:
[ T ] to remove or stop something that was going to be published or broadcast, especially because it is found to be offensive or not accurate:
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- I managed to pull the splinter out with a pair of tweezers.
- She used a pair of pliers to pull out the nails.
- I pulled up all my old raspberry canes.
- We used ropes and crampons to pull ourselves up the mountain.
- I quickly pulled off my clothes.
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Pulling
- draft
- drag
- draught
- draw sth up
- haul
- heave
- heave-ho
- heft
- hitch sth up
- pluck
- pluck at sth
- reel
- retract
- suck
- tow
- tow-away
- traction
- tweak
- twitch
- wrench
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pull verb (MOVE)
B2 [ I + adv/prep ] to move in the stated direction:
B2 [ T ] to take hold of something and use effort to move your body forwards or up:
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- The guard waved his flag and the train pulled away from the station.
- The car pulled in at the roadside.
- He shook his fist at the driver who pulled out in front of him.
- When he reached out my automatic response was to pull away.
- The leader is pulling well ahead of the other runners now.
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General words for movement
- betake
- budge
- budge up
- circulate
- come
- gangway!
- go around
- head
- locomotion
- manoeuvre
- mill around
- mobility
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- move
- round
- steer
- stir
- sway
- travel
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pull verb (ATTRACT)
[ T ] to attract a person or people:
[ I or T ] UK informal to succeed in starting a sexual relationship with someone:
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Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- arrest
- attract
- attraction
- charm
- charm offensive
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- glitter
- magnet
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduce
- seduction
- seductive
- spell
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pull verb (INJURE)
C2 [ T ] to injure a muscle by stretching it too much:
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Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the wars idiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- gash
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- muscle
- rick
- sprain
- trample
- twist
- victim
- whiplash
- wound 1
- wrench
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pull verb (DISHONEST)
[ T ] slang to perform a dishonest action:
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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pull verb (INTERNET)
[ T ] specialized internet & telecoms to get information from the internet, after asking or searching for it:
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- chill room
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- JPEG
- posting
- troll
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web hosting
- web-enabled
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Idiom(s)
Phrasal verb(s)
pullnoun
uk/pʊl/us/pʊl/pull noun (MOVEMENT TOWARDS YOU)
[ C usually singular ] the act of pulling something towards yourself:
[ C ] something that you pull to make something work or to open something:
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Pulling
- draft
- drag
- draught
- draw sth up
- haul
- heave
- heave-ho
- heft
- hitch sth up
- pluck
- pluck at sth
- reel
- retract
- suck
- tow
- tow-away
- traction
- tweak
- twitch
- wrench
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pull noun (ATTRACTION)
[ C ] something that attracts people:
[ U ] the physical or emotional power to attract something:
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Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- arrest
- attract
- attraction
- charm
- charm offensive
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- glitter
- magnet
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduce
- seduction
- seductive
- spell
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pull noun (INFLUENCE)
[ U ] influence:
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Power to control
- ascendancy
- big beast
- buy-in
- chairmanship
- determination
- discipline
- dominant
- juice
- leadership
- lever
- manipulation
- mastery
- muscle
- oversight
- sphere of influence
- spin control
- state-controlled
- states' rights
- supervision
- tooth
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