Pull

"Pull" in French

influence

(influence as means of gaining advantage)

retirer

(remove (something) from circulation)

tirer

(transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

tirer

(intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

tirer un coup

(succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex)

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