pull
- noun
- /pʊl/
- From the pull on his muscles, he judged he had similar bruises on his hips and buttocks.
Examples
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Over 162 games, even tough guys get sprains, sore arms, muscle pulls.
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Oh, I think I pulled something in my neck.
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I think I pulled the muscle in my butt just getting out of bed.
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I'm hoping it's just a ligament pull, but it could be a tear.
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Mr. Mo Peterson from Laguna B has seemed to have suffered a terrible groin pull.
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I could feel the sting of sweat in my eyes, the tight, pleasant pull of taxed muscles in my thighs and buttocks.
Fiction book (1995) -
After playing soccer for hours, I felt a sharp pull in my calf muscle.
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The doctor confirmed that I experienced a pull in my shoulder after lifting weights.
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He couldn't play for a week due to a painful pull in his hamstring.
Synonyms
An injury to a muscle or tendon caused by overstretching that causes pain
A sudden injury to a joint or muscle from turning it awkwardly
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 Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pull used for an injury follows the same image: a pull is when a muscle is overstretched or strained as if it were suddenly drawn too far.