- pull up
- verb1. come to a halt after driving somewhere (Freq. 6)-
The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn
-The chauffeur hauled up in front of us
• Topics: ↑driving• Verb Group: ↑draw up• Verb Frames:-Something ——s
-Somebody ——s
2. straighten oneself (Freq. 1)-He drew himself up when he talked to his superior
• Syn: ↑draw up, ↑straighten up• Derivationally related forms: ↑pull-up• Hypernyms: ↑straighten• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s somebody
3. cause (a vehicle) to stop-He pulled up the car in front of the hotel
• Syn: ↑draw up• Topics: ↑driving• Hypernyms: ↑stop• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
4. remove, 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
• Derivationally related forms: ↑extractible (for: ↑extract), ↑extraction (for: ↑extract), ↑extractor (for: ↑extract)• Hyponyms: ↑wring out, ↑squeeze out, ↑demodulate, ↑thread• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
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1) (of a vehicle or its driver) come to a halthe pulled up outside the cabin
2) increase the altitude of an aircraft* * *
pull up [phrasal verb]I pulled up the shade.
Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable.
Give me a moment to pull up your file on the computer.
We pulled up in front of the house.
He pulled up next to me at the stoplight.
3 pull up : to stop suddenly before completing somethingA muscle spasm caused him to pull up halfway through the race.
She started to answer and then pulled up short.
• • •Main Entry: ↑pull* * *
ˌpull ˈup derived(of a vehicle or its driver) to stop•
He pulled up at the traffic lights.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.