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Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seepull,up.(transitive,intransitive)Toliftupwardsorvertically.Ipull upthe lever when I want to make my car go into first gear.Topullforward.Pull upa bench and have a seat.Pullthe carupa little so you don't block his driveway.Pull upa little so you don't block his driveway.(intransitive,aviation)To raise thenoseof anaircraft.Terrain, terrain!Pull up!Pull up!; (idiomatic)Tofetchfordisplayon ascreen.Pull upthat website for me; it sounds quite interesting.; (idiomatic,especially of a vehicle)Toarriveat ahalt; toapproachandstopat a particularpoint.Pull upto that curb slowly; you don't want to scratch that other car.1897December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter V, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the trainpulled upat the other.1932,Delos W. Lovelace,King Kong, published1965, page12:"Taxi," he called. And when onepulled upto the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, "The nearest restaurant."1938,Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page217:The horse had galloped over the sand-ridge to the beach and therepulled up, nostrils quivering at an insult to its trained intelligence.1950January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, inRailway Magazine, page 5:At every station, bundles of newspapers, boxes of fish, and other commodities had to be unloaded, and, as most of the platforms are rather short, the train usually had topull uptwice.2009,Kesha,Tik Tok:I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes / Trying on all our clothes, clothes / Boys blowing up our phones, phones / Drop-topping, playing our favorite CD /Pulling upto the parties / Trying to get a little bit tipsy.(by extension,slang,originallyAfrican-American Vernacular)Totravelsomewhere, especially tomeetsomeone else; tocometo.Synonyms:meet up,roll up,(slang)link up,(slang)reachI'mpulling upto the club tonight, want to join?2021September 21, Tina Adkins, “September 29 is National Coffee Day! Here's some local places for the best coffee in town!”, inNew Bern Sun Journal[1]:You can alwayspull upto your favorite national chain such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts who is offering a free cup with any purchase on Wednesday or any fast food restaurant.2022January 9, “NBA players celebrate Klay Thompson's return after more than two years”, inESPN[2]:Staying true to form, Thompson took to Instagram on Saturday to announce his return. Sharing a clip from "Space Jam," Thompson captioned the post, "How I'mpulling upto chase [Center] tomorrow."2022November 13,Dave Chappelle(quoted), Sarah Grant, “'SNL': Watch Dave Chappelle on Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, and Why America Isn't Really Over Trump”, inRolling Stone[3]:Kanye's gotten into some scrapes before and normally when he's in trouble, Ipull upimmediately. This time I was like, you know what? Let me see what's gonna happen first.; (idiomatic)To cause (a horse) to stop when riding.; (idiomatic)To cause (a person) to stop.2021February,The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page16, column 3:"Peoplepullmeupin the street to ask if I have room for their son, daughter, sister or cousin to come down to go to school[.]"; (idiomatic,British)Toadmonishorcriticizesomeone for their actions.1992June 24,Edwina Currie,Diary:At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had beenpulled upfor talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted.2014, April De Angelis,Wild East:My coursework began to suffer and my parentspulled me upon it and said we are not paying for you to get off your head every night.2021May 5, Christian Wolmar, “Scheme available to any victims of domestic abuse”, inRAIL, number930, page44:I waspulled upby a male reader who had been a victim of domestic abuse, for using the word 'women' instead of 'victims'. He rightly pointed out that men are victims of abuse too.; (transitive,horse racing)To intentionally take aracehorseout of arace, usually as a result of the horse'stirednessor concerns of potentialinjury(in reference to the act of pulling up thereins).2016May 19, Paul Vigna, “Barbaro's ill-fated run 10 years ago in the Preakness: A look back”, inPennLive[4]:In this May 20, 2006, Barbaro is steadied[sic, "by" is missing] a track worker as jockey Edgar Prado looks on after hepulled upthe horse with a fractured right rear leg during the 131st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.; (rare)Toimprove; toget better; tolift one's game.1938,Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page17:A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket. Now he was muttering grumpily at Edmund, "Have to get something better this trip, Edmund. Got topull upsomehow or buyers will be turnin' us down. Sales been gettin' worse and worse these last years."; (idiomatic,Australia)Tofareafter aparty, anillness, or astrenuouseffort; to attempt torecover.How'd youpull upthis morning?; (ballet)To adopt a posture with straight back and shoulders down, but ribcage and sternum lifted.
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