pull
- noun
- /pʊl/
- And if somebody gives a good hard pull on the rope?
- push and pull
- the pull of gravity
- one pull
A lunge, a push, a pull, etcetera.
- A lunge, a push, a pull, etcetera.
- They, they rotate around each other and they pull, they give a tidal pull, right.
- The magnetic force of that tiny thing is stronger than the gravitational pull of the whole planet.
- Well, are push and pull with whom you yourself in the mirror?
Examples
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Now, we're being held by a gravitational pull so strong, it would take 100 times the thrust we have to break free.
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Just give it a light pull and then press against that cake.
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I know you feel the pull towards me.
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But it's a long, tough pull from here.
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Feel the pull on the end of that brush.
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Get on the floor where we are relieved from the pull of gravity.
Academic text (2000) -
Charlotte tugged on the ribbons, but even a slight pull sent the horses in another direction.
Fiction book (2000) -
Students who can execute at least one pull-up should be measured on the traditional pull-up test.
Academic text (1990) -
That for three whole nights, it feeds as the full moon waxes and wanes, feeling the pull of the moon like no other beast.
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She gave the door a firm pull to open it, struggling against the wind.
Synonyms
A hard pull of something across a surface
An act of pulling something, often with force
A strong physical effort to use force or lift something
An act of using force to move something toward you
Pulling a load like a cart to move it
Idioms
Make your situation better by working hard without help
- Informal
Find a surprising way to solve a problem at the last moment
Save someone from a difficult situation at the last moment
- Offensive
Make up ideas quickly without preparing or checking facts
To promise help again and again and then take it away at the last moment
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
Compounds
- Specialized
A rise in general prices caused by higher production costs like wages and raw materials
- Specialized
A rise in prices when people want to buy more things than before
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pull comes from an old English verb pullen meaning 'to draw', so a pull is the action of moving something toward you or a strong effort to make that movement.