to pull down
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3.2
- phrasal verb
- /pʊl daʊn/
:
bajar
- Ground sloths the size of elephants pull down trees with their claws.
- pull down my pants
- pulled down 11 rebounds
And the scientists are saying, no, pull them back down, get them back down here.
- And the scientists are saying, no, pull them back down, get them back down here.
- When they support plant life, they help pull down carbon dioxide into stable forms in the soil.
- Could all be in my head, but you want to get a straight line and then we're going to pull it down to the front.
- Moving on to this third page is the apps that I don't really use a lot and if I do, I just pull down the search bar again and search for them.
Examples
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A pair of them can pull down a gazelle or jackal.
Fiction book (1999) -
Please pull down the window so we can get some fresh air.
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And then I will pull down with my hands towards the ground.
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Help me pull it down!
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Why do you want to pull them down?
Blog text (19) -
No, Grandmother, let's pull down the shade then open the book and read.
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When they support plant life, they help pull down carbon dioxide into stable forms in the soil.
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Then he orders her to pull down the other sails, one by one.
Academic text (1998) -
Dante Cunningham had just pulled down one of the most impressive offensive rebounds I have ever seen.
Blog text (19) -
Over the years, as the household shrank from seven and then reassembled at three, Rosie pulled down half the shelves, set up her sewing machine and her ironing board, and rigged an old painted door on two sawhorses to serve as a work surface.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
To move something toward you using force, often to remove it
180
2.0
Move something slowly from a higher to a lower position
93
3.0
Use force to make someone or something fall to the ground
44
1.6
To move something from a high place to a lower place
39
1.8
To move something from a high place to a lower place
36
4.3
Cause a person or thing to be worse, for example making someone feel sad
29
4.0
To pull something down by weight or force
Moved down to a position below the usual level, for example a head or a car
Close the cover on a window or door by moving it down
Antonyms
How Forceful
93
3.0
93
4.1
5
3.2
- Informal
36
4.3
802
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to cause something or someone to come down' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pull' (apply force to bring closer) with 'down' (toward a lower position), matching a straightforward motion verb + particle composition. This common phrasal-verb pattern is cross-linguistically frequent and follows predictable English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pull down shows the simple action of using force: you pull something down to make it fall or move to a lower place, like pulling a curtain or making a statue fall. So it means 'to cause something or someone to come down'.