pull someone up

pull someone up
REPRIMAND, rebuke, scold, chide, chastise, upbraid, berate, reprove, reproach, censure, take to task, admonish, lecture, read someone the Riot Act, haul over the coals; informal tell off, bawl out, dress down, give someone hell, give someone an earful; Brit. informal tick off, carpet, give someone a rollicking; N. Amer. informal chew out; Austral. informal monster; formal castigate.
→ pull

* * *

cause someone to stop or pause; check someone

the shock of his words pulled her up short

■ reprimand someone

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • pull back (or pull someone/thing back) — 1》 withdraw from an undertaking. 2》 improve or restore a team s position in a sporting contest. → pull …   English new terms dictionary

  • pull someone's leg — If you pull someone s leg, you tease them, but not maliciously …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • pull someone's leg — ► pull someone s leg deceive someone playfully. Main Entry: ↑pull …   English terms dictionary

  • pull someone over — pull (someone) over cause someone to stop their vehicle at the side of a road. Two highway patrol officers pulled him over after watching him weaving between lanes. They pulled over several drivers who went through the red light …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull someone up short — pull (someone) up short if something pulls someone up short, they suddenly stop what they are doing, especially because they are very surprised. Seeing her picture in the paper pulled me up short …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull someone through (something) — pull (someone/something) through (something) to help someone or something through a difficult experience. She said her religious faith pulled her through this illness …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull someone's leg — pull (someone s) leg informal to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them. Is he really angry with me or do you think he s just pulling my leg? (usually in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull someone's leg — verb subject to a playful hoax or joke • Syn: ↑hoax, ↑play a joke on • Derivationally related forms: ↑hoax (for: ↑hoax), ↑hoaxer (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull someone's leg —    If you pull someone s leg, you tease them, but not maliciously.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you pull someone s leg, you tease them by telling them something that is not true.     Of course I m not going to buy a sports car. I… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • pull someone up with a start — bring/pull (someone) up with a start if something that someone says brings you up with a start, it surprises you and often causes you to suddenly stop what you were doing. The sound of his voice pulled me up with a start …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull someone to pieces — pick/pull (someone/something) to pieces to criticize someone or something very severely, often in a way that is not fair. It s discouraging because every time I show him a bit of work I ve done he picks it to pieces …   New idioms dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”