Pull+hard
1pull — 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! |… …
2pull — 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… …
3pull — I n. force 1) gravitational pull influence (colloq.) 2) to use one s pull 3) the pull to + inf. (she had enough pull to avoid paying the fine) II v. 1) to pull hard 2)(AE; colloq.) (d; intr.) to pull for ( to support ) (we were pulling for the… …
4pull — 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 …
5pull — Huki; ♦ pull up, uhuki, unu unu; ♦ pull obliquely, kiwi; ♦ pull away from, nanahuki; ♦ pull back steadily, as a line, āwala; ♦ pull taut, as a fishline, kōmi; ♦ pull along, kaualakō, alakō; ♦ pull hard or frequently, huhuki …
6hard job — Synonyms and related words: Augean task, Herculean task, arduousness, backbreaker, backbreaking work, ballbuster, bitch, burdensomeness, chore, dead lift, effortfulness, handful, hard labor, hard pull, hard work, heavy sledding, laboriousness,… …
7pull your weight — ► to work as hard as other people or as hard as expected and needed: »Everyone is expected to pull their weight on this project. Main Entry: ↑pull …
8pull one's punches — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Not to hit as hard as you can. * /Jimmy pulled his punches and let Paul win the boxing match./ 2. To hide unpleasant facts or make them seem good. Usually used in the negative. * /The mayor spoke bluntly; he didn t pull… …
9pull one's punches — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Not to hit as hard as you can. * /Jimmy pulled his punches and let Paul win the boxing match./ 2. To hide unpleasant facts or make them seem good. Usually used in the negative. * /The mayor spoke bluntly; he didn t pull… …
10pull your punches — pull (your/its) punches to deal with something in a way that is not completely honest. I want you to tell me what you think, and don t pull your punches. The film pulls its punches by making a disaster seem romantic. Opposite of: pull no punches… …
