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pull up

/ pull up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
come to a halt after driving somewhere
"The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"
"The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"
Type of:
stop halt
Verb group:
draw up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
driving
verb Sense 2
cause (a vehicle) to stop
"He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"
Type of:
stop
Verb group:
draw up haul up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
driving
verb Sense 3
straighten oneself
"He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
Type of:
straighten
Derived:
pull-up chin-up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
"pull weeds"
"extract a bad tooth"
"take out a splinter"
"extract information from the telegram"
Type of:
remove take take away
Kinds of:
wring out squeeze out demodulate thread
Derived:
extraction extractor
Verb group:
draw pull pull out get out take out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
62%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
4
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stop halt straighten remove take take away wring out squeeze out demodulate thread