to pull
- verb
- /pʊl/
- The driver guns off, and Annie pulls into the parking space next to the General Store.
- pull up in front
- pull into a parking space
- pull the bus over
So the ship is pulling into the port.
- So the ship is pulling into the port.
- So they're like, we're going to pull offshore while you get it.
Examples
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The truck started to pull to the left as I was driving down the highway.
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Can you pull over? - I know, yeah.
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Perhaps I should have pulled off to the side of the road at that moment.
Fiction book (1990) -
OK, these guys, you were going to pull into the Fort here.
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So the ship is pulling into the port.
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There was no oncoming traffic, and soon Joe pulled into the right lane to pass.
Academic text (2011) -
We're about to give up when a tomato-red Austin Healey pulls up to the curb.
Academic text (2007) -
I had to pull the car over on the side of the road to check my GPS.
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After the long drive, I decided to pull into a rest area for a break.
Synonyms
To move a vehicle to the side of the road and stop
To stop or slow down a vehicle at a place
Drive a car to the side of the road and stop
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
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
From the old English idea pullen of 'drawing', the verb pull can mean to steer something to the side or stop it by drawing it in a direction.