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
- 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 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.