pull up

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verb

1. come to a halt after driving somewhere (Freq. 6)
- The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn
- The chauffeur hauled up in front of us
• Syn:
draw up, haul up
• Topics:
driving
• Hypernyms:
stop, halt
• Verb Group:
draw up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. straighten oneself (Freq. 1)
- He drew himself up when he talked to his superior
• Syn:
draw up, straighten up
• Derivationally related forms:
pull-up
• Hypernyms:
straighten
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. cause (a vehicle) to stop
- He pulled up the car in front of the hotel
• Syn:
draw up
• Topics:
driving
• Hypernyms:
stop
• Verb Group:
draw up, haul up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. remove, usually with some force or effort;
also used in an abstract sense
- pull weeds
- extract a bad tooth
- take out a splinter
- extract information from the telegram
• Syn:
extract, pull out, pull, take out, draw out
• Derivationally related forms:
extractible (for: extract), extraction (for: extract), extractor (for: extract)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
wring out, squeeze out, demodulate, thread
• Verb Group:
draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP