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
- 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
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 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.