pull-up

Nouns

  • (n) a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers pull-in,
  • (n) an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar chin-up,

Verbs

  • (v) come to a halt after driving somewhere
    • The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn
    • The chauffeur hauled up in front of us
    haul up, draw up,
  • (v) straighten oneself
    • He drew himself up when he talked to his superior
    straighten up, draw up,
  • (v) cause (a vehicle) to stop
    • He pulled up the car in front of the hotel
    draw up,
  • (v) 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
    extract, pull out, draw out, take out, pull,

Synonyms

pull-in haul up draw up chin-up straighten up extract pull out draw out take out pull

Words of close approximity

pull at pull-in pull in
pull up short pull up stakes