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Pull up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.; To lift upwards or vertically. intransitive, transitive

    "I pull up the lever when I want to make my car go into first gear."

  2. 2
    remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense wordnet
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.; To pull forward.

    "Pull up a bench and have a seat."

  4. 4
    come to a halt after driving somewhere wordnet
  5. 5
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.; To raise the nose of an aircraft. intransitive

    "Terrain, terrain! Pull up! Pull up!"

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  1. 6
    cause (a vehicle) to stop wordnet
  2. 7
    To fetch for display on a screen. idiomatic

    "Pull up that website for me; it sounds quite interesting."

  3. 8
    straighten oneself wordnet
  4. 9
    To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point. especially, idiomatic

    "Pull up to that curb slowly; you don't want to scratch that other car."

  5. 10
    To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.; To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to. broadly, especially, idiomatic, slang

    "I'm pulling up to the club tonight, want to join?"

  6. 11
    To cause (a horse) to stop when riding. idiomatic
  7. 12
    To cause (a person) to stop. idiomatic

    ""People pull me up in the street to ask if I have room for their son, daughter, sister or cousin to come down to go to school[.]""

  8. 13
    To admonish or criticize someone for their actions. British, idiomatic

    "At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped⁠—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted."

  9. 14
    To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins). transitive

    "In this May 20, 2006, Barbaro is steadied[sic, "by" is missing] a track worker as jockey Edgar Prado looks on after he pulled up the horse with a fractured right rear leg during the 131st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore."

  10. 15
    To improve; to get better; to lift one's game. rare

    "A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket. Now he was muttering grumpily at Edmund, "Have to get something better this trip, Edmund. Got to pull up somehow or buyers will be turnin' us down. Sales been gettin' worse and worse these last years.""

  11. 16
    To fare after a party, an illness, or a strenuous effort; to attempt to recover. Australia, idiomatic

    "How'd you pull up this morning?"

  12. 17
    To adopt a posture with straight back and shoulders down, but ribcage and sternum lifted.

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