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verb

Pull v. t. (past & past part. pulled; pres. part. pulling)

1.

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. "Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows." "He put forth his hand... and pulled her in."

2.

To draw apart; to tear; to rend. "He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate."

3.

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.

4.

To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.

5.

(Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

6.

(Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.

7.

(Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8. "Never pull a straight fast ball to leg."

To pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. " Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. "

To pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. " In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up." " To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud."

To pull a finch. See under Finch.

To pull off, take or draw off.

Pull v. i. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

To pull apart, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull apart.

To pull up, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.

To pull through, to come successfully to the end of a difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.

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Etymology of 'Pulling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pulling" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Hum," he said, pulling his moustache, as he listened to them, "they fooled us, didn't they? Captain Jenks, you will give my compliments to Colonel Jones, and instruct him to put his regiment in motion at once. We will occupy Newville, and then close in on ...

— The Boy Scout Automobilists - or, Jack Danby in the Woods • Robert Maitland

... rocks; that every particle of it was once locked up in the primitive granite and was unlocked by the slow action of the rain and the dews and the snows; that the rocky ribs of the earth were clothed with this fertile soil out of which we came and to which we return by their own decay; that the pulling-down of the inorganic meant the building-up of the organic; that the death of the crystal meant the birth of the cell, and indirectly of you and me and of all that ...

— Time and Change • John Burroughs

... the poorest Brazilian thinks much of is his affectionate wife who literally and figuratively is often in the same boat with her husband, pulling against the stream. Family ties are strong in Brazil and the sweet flower of friendship thrives in its sunny clime. The system of land and sea breezes prevail on the coast from Cape Frio to Saint Catherine with great regularity most of the year; the sail is therefore used to good ...

— Voyage of the Liberdade • Captain Joshua Slocum

... and patronizingly the while he made as if to rummage in his white waistcoat pocket for a card. At the same moment Cowperwood and Braxmar, realizing quite clearly the import of his words, were on their feet. While Mrs. Carter was pulling and struggling back from the stranger, Braxmar's hand (he being the nearest) was on him, and the head waiter and two ...

— The Titan • Theodore Dreiser

... There is so much wire-pulling here in the army. I would be suspected of trying to displace an officer for the position for myself, or for a friend standing behind me. Consequently I could not have examined the record as ...

— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland

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