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91Pull — This interesting surname, with variant spellings Pool, Poole, Pole, Poles, Poll, Polle, etc., has two possible origins. Firstly, it may be a topographical surname for someone who lived near a pool or pond, deriving from the old English pre 7th… …
92pull in — phr verb Pull in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑train Pull in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑audience, ↑crowd, ↑direction, ↑stomach, ↑tummy, ↑viewer …
93pull up — phr verb Pull up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bus, ↑cab, ↑car Pull up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blanket, ↑blind, ↑car, ↑chair, ↑collar, ↑cover, ↑dress, ↑hood …
94pull up — Synonyms and related words: arraign, arrest, avulse, bank, block, brake, bring to, bring up, bring up short, cease fire, check, checkmate, come up short, crab, cut out, cut short, dam, deadlock, deracinate, dig out, dig up, dip, disentangle, draw …
95-pull — push pull sous pull …
96pull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. power, sway; jerk, wrench, tug; magnetism, gravity, attraction;slang, influence. v. tug, wrench, haul, drag, draw; extract; row, paddle; tow. See extraction, exertion, traction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
97pull — [OE] The main Old and Middle English word for ‘pull’ was draw, and pull did not really begin to come into its own until the late 16th century. It is not known for certain where it came from. Its original meaning was ‘pluck’ (‘draw, drag’ is a… …
98Pull — Me and the lads used to go to the disco when we were on the pull. It meanslooking for birds. Of course, it works the other way round too. The ladies may also be on the pull, though probably a bit more subtly than the chaps! …
99pull — I n A draw on a pipe, cigarette, etc. Hey, dude, give me a pullon that coffin nail; I m having a nicotine fit. 1860s II n A swallow. Hey, man, give me a pull on that iced tea. 1980s III n Influence. Ask Fred to help you; he has a lot of pull at… …
100pull — 1. to cause a horse to lose a race Racing jargon, from the jockey s handling of the reins. To pull up means, in racing circles as in motoring, to cause to come to a standstill. 2. to seek to strike up an acquaintance with a member of the …
