to pull
- verb
- /pʊl/
- We're going to pull these forces in here.
- pull out a book
- pull back
- pull apart
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Watch on YouTubeThen using a very strong magnet, try to pull the cereal around.
- Then using a very strong magnet, try to pull the cereal around.
- What stands out is and then we can pull at that thread, right?
- So I normally like to like pull this out a little bit.
- So for me it would be pull and push back and chest.
Examples
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Maria, I need you to pull yourself together.
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So just nice and gently pull it down and that's it.
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I want it to pull across and down.
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So I normally like to like pull this out a little bit.
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Grab the skin and pull it like perfect.
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Before the unit began, Michelle pulled books from the library about various habitats.
Academic text (2013) -
A neighbor saw a white Chevy pull up to the house.
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The children echo the dictated word and segment the sounds, pulling down a tile for each sound.
Academic text (2015) -
Coast clear, he reaches into a plastic grocery bag and pulls out a white cardboard box.
Academic text (2008) -
Please pull the door open to enter the room.
Synonyms
Take something out of a container like a box or cupboard
To remove something from a place or container
To take something out of a place, often with effort
To pull something along the ground with effort or force someone into a place unwillingly
To tear quickly and forcefully
Pull something out of a place or container
To take something off from where it is attached
To remove something from somewhere, often by effort, or to get information
To pull something suddenly and hard
To pull something out quickly and with force, often to remove it completely
To push something so it moves or opens
To take something out, often with effort, for example weeds or hidden facts
To bring something or someone down from a higher place
To pull something out quickly with the fingers
To pull something hard, often in a quick way
To pull something out with force
Remove something from where it is, for example a nail or a secret
To break something into pieces by hand
To pull something off quickly with force
To pull something away from where it is, for example a bandage or curtain
To tug gently with your fingers again and again, often when nervous
To push something out with effort or pressure
To move something by dragging it with effort
To pull something apart with great force
Pull air into the lungs or small things into a machine
To pull something away carefully, for example a bandage or tablecloth
To drive or move something around without a clear purpose
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Find a surprising way to solve a problem at the last moment
Save someone from a difficult situation at the last moment
To promise help again and again and then take it away at the last moment
Make your situation better by working hard without help
- Offensive
Make up ideas quickly without preparing or checking facts
To suddenly stop helping someone, leaving them in a difficult situation
- Literature
To mention being a woman or man to avoid blame and get sympathy
To succeed and then stop others from getting the same chances
- Archaic
To tell a story in a way that makes what happened sound bigger or not true
Phrasal Verbs
To survive a serious illness or danger, often with help from others, and start to get better
- Literature
To take a short line from a text and show it separately to get attention
Compounds
- Specialized
A rise in prices when people want to buy more things than before
- Specialized
A rise in general prices caused by higher production costs like wages and raw materials
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pull comes from an old English word pullen that meant 'to pluck' or 'to draw'. So to pull something is to move it toward you or to take it out.