to pull
- verb
- /pʊl/
- "I'll never learn to sail," says Pinky, suddenly pulling hard on the squeaking oars.
- pull together
Examples
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In the race, the team worked together to pull the boat through the water effectively.
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When rowing, make sure to properly pull the oars to gain speed and control your direction.
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I join her, and we both pull with all our might.
Fiction book (1999) -
Lift her up and just kind of pull her over your way there.
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We're going to pull kind of right about where Shawn is standing.
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The coach reminded the crew to pull harder during their practice to build strength and technique.
Synonyms
To move a boat using oars
To move a small boat using one or two oars you hold and move side to side
To move a boat by using long poles with flat ends
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
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Get control of your feelings and calm down after being upset
To survive a serious illness or danger, often with help from others, and start to get better
- Literature
To take a short line from a text and show it separately to get attention
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 Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pull comes from pullen meaning 'to draw', so to pull in rowing is to draw the oars through the water to move the boat.