- pull down
- verb1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground (Freq. 2)-
The building was levelled
• Hyponyms: ↑bulldoze• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
2. cause to come or go down-The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
-The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
• Syn: ↑down, ↑knock down, ↑cut down, ↑push down• Hypernyms: ↑strike• Hyponyms: ↑submarine• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s somebody
-Something ——s somebody
-Something ——s something
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pull down [phrasal verb]I pulled down the shade.
He always wears his baseball cap pulled down over his eyes.
1 b : to destroy (a building) completelyThe wreckers pulled down [=demolished] the building.
2 pull down (someone) or pull (someone) down US, informal : to cause (someone) to become sad or depressed3 a : to earn (a particular and usually large amount of money)He pulls down [=makes, pulls in] more than a million dollars a year.
The show has pulled down high ratings.
• • •Main Entry: ↑pull
Useful english dictionary. 2012.