pull
- noun
- /pʊl/
- Informal
- "What did she say?" She took quick pulls on the cigarette, considering her answer.
Examples
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Take a pull on this, pal!
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Come on, just give me a pull.
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You get you another pull on that.
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- Give me a pull on that.
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Then, after another pull from the can, he added, "More or less."
Fiction book (2001) -
I'll take a pull at that myself.
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Then he would take several deep pulls from the neck of his bottle of brandy before falling into bed.
Fiction book (2000) -
I took a few more pulls, very leisurely, then passed him the filter load.
Fiction book (1997) -
Annabelle silently gets out a flask, takes a pull of whisky, and offers some to Maverick.
Fiction book (1994) -
After a long day, he took a relaxing pull on his cigar while watching the sunset.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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 Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pull also names a quick 'drawing in', so a pull on a cigarette or vape is the act of drawing smoke into your mouth.