- pull someone over
- cause a driver to move to the side of the road to be charged for a traffic offense
he was pulled over for speeding
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pull someone over
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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'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 — is Julie really sick or is she just pulling my leg? are we really getting a snowstorm, or are you pulling my leg? Syn: tease someone, make fun of someone, tease, joke, make fun, fool, jest, joke with someone, play a (practical) joke on someone,… … Thesaurus of popular words
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… … Useful english dictionary
pull one over on someone — trick someone, play a trick on someone … English contemporary dictionary
pull 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 — pull1 [ pul ] verb *** ▸ 1 move someone/something toward you ▸ 2 remove something attached ▸ 3 move body with force ▸ 4 injure muscle ▸ 5 take gun/knife out ▸ 6 move window cover ▸ 7 make someone want to do something ▸ 8 get votes ▸ 9 suck smoke… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pull — 1 /pUl/ verb 1 MOVE STH TOWARDS YOU (I, T) to use your hands to make something move towards you or in the direction that you are moving: Help me move the piano; you push and I ll pull. | pull sth: I pulled the handle and it just snapped off! |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pull — I UK [pʊl] / US verb Word forms pull : present tense I/you/we/they pull he/she/it pulls present participle pulling past tense pulled past participle pulled *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move someone or something towards you using your hands … English dictionary
pull*/*/*/ — [pʊl] verb I 1) [I/T] to move someone or something towards you using your hands Ant: push The little girl pulled gently at my sleeve.[/ex] I climbed into bed and pulled the duvet over my head.[/ex] A lifeguard had to pull her out of the… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
