to pull

Hurt a muscle by stretching or straining it too much

To pull a muscle too far and hurt it

To do your fair share of work in a group

Do everything possible to make something succeed

To trick someone in a clever way so they do not notice

To trick someone by hiding the truth

Make your situation better by working hard without help

To have a lot of trouble getting someone to give an answer or help

Find a surprising way to solve a problem at the last moment

Make a face to show dislike or discomfort

To make a big embarrassing mistake that others notice

To become less confident and not try as hard after problems

Be quieter and more careful about what you say

To tell someone something that is not true to make them laugh

Save someone from a difficult situation at the last moment

Trying to meet someone to start a romantic or sexual relationship

To make a silly mistake that makes people laugh at you

Cheer for a team or person who is expected to lose

Make people feel deep sadness or pity

To start working hard after not doing much

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

To mention being a woman or man to avoid blame and get sympathy

To succeed and then stop others from getting the same chances

To tell a story in a way that makes what happened sound bigger or not true

To tease someone by saying something that is not true as a joke

To start trying much harder after being lazy

To waste time instead of working

To take something out of a place, often with effort

To manage to do something difficult or unexpected

To move a vehicle to the side of the road and stop

To stop being involved in an activity or agreement

To stop or slow down a vehicle at a place

To move yourself and things backward from a place, person, or situation

To take something out, often with effort, for example weeds or hidden facts

Decide to do something after thinking about it for a while

To stop something from going on by removing support like money

To move away from people or a place to create space

Get control of your feelings and calm down after being upset

Leave an activity or agreement you had joined

To secretly use people you know to get what you want

To survive a serious illness or danger, often with help from others, and start to get better

Gather people or things and organize them to reach a goal

To stand or sit up straight to look more confident

To take something off from where it is attached

Support someone in a competition or hard situation

To break something into pieces by hand

To make a person or group stop taking part in something

To arrive at a station and stop there

To earn money from work or business

To gather information or things from different places

To tug gently with your fingers again and again, often when nervous

Move a handle to make a machine start or stop

To move into a leading position in a race or competition

Hurt a muscle by stretching or straining it too much

To attract people or attention

To demolish a building so it is flat on the ground

To trick someone to gain an advantage

To bring something or someone down from a higher place

Leave home and move to a new place

Make up facts with no proof, often as a weak excuse

To move something by dragging it with effort

To hold back criticism or strong action to avoid hurting someone

To stop taking part in an agreement you already agreed to

Do something foolish that shocks or angers other people

To make a rope or cord tight by stretching it so it is not loose

To stop suddenly before you expect it

Make funny faces to amuse or annoy people

To take a short line from a text and show it separately to get attention

To drive or move something around without a clear purpose

Drive a car to the side of the road and stop

Produce a surprising idea that solves a difficult problem

Close the cover on a window or door by moving it down

To arrive suddenly to confront someone, often in a challenging way

To secretly get people to do what you want for personal gain

An exercise where you hang from a bar and pull your chin above it

A paved area beside a main road where cars can stop briefly

A short quotation from an article shown separately to draw attention

The pull that makes things fall toward Earth or another large body

A chain with a handle that you use to turn on a light or flush a toilet

A cloth on a cord with a weight used to clean a gun barrel

A rise in general prices caused by higher production costs like wages and raw materials

A rise in prices when people want to buy more things than before

A joke that tries to make someone believe a false story for fun

A roadside place like a cafe where drivers stop to rest and eat

A small cafe by the road where truck drivers stop to eat and rest