Pull Up

Definition: Pull Up

Pull Up

Verb

1. As of vehicles or their riders; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us".

2. Straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior".

3. Cause to stop; as of vehicles; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel".

4. Draw or pull out, 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Pull Up

Accusation

Inform against, indict, denounce, arraign; impeach, appeach; have up, show up, pull up; challenge, cite, lodge a complaint; prosecute, bring an action against; blow upon.

Cessation

Verb: cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down.

Disapprobation

Accuse; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against.

Extraction

Verb: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate; unroot; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge.

Lawsuit

Verb: go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on trial, pull up; accuse; prefer a claim, file a claim;Noun: take the law of, inform against.

Quiescence

Remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop; (discontinue).

Crosswords: Pull Up

Just pull up a chair while you rape me (Heist; writing credit: David Mamet)

Fortunately, I can pull up my math grade on my own. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

Well pull up an ice block and lend an ear. (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller)

And I pull up quick to get wit 'em (Baby Got Back; performing artist: SIR MIX-A-LOT)

You get sprung, wanna pull up tough (Baby Got Back; performing artist: SIR MIX-A-LOT)

We pull up in the valet (No Matta What (Party All Night); performing artist: Toya)

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Books

• When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair: Fifty Ways to Feel Thin, Gorgeous, and Happy (When You Feel Anything But) [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Light your torches and pull up your tights (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Pull up at the Party [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Toshiba Hard Case with pull up Handles Wheels for TLP-X10 & X11 Projectors (reference)

• Toshiba Soft Case with Pull Up Handles & Wheels for TLP550 551 250 251Projectors with Pull Up Handles & Wheels (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Hello, Prentiss, pull up that chair and tell me all about it. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Pull up, then

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Health

Early symptoms may include a deterioration in handwriting after writing several lines, foot cramps, and a tendency of one foot to pull up or drag after running or walking some distance. (references)

Business

Viewers will be able to pull up a menu on screen and interact with information that is periodically updated and that which they can view without detracting from their picture. (references)

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Expressions using "pull up": pull up short ♦ pull up stakes ♦ pull up to ♦ pull up with ♦ pull up your socks! ♦ to pull up. Additional references.

Albanian

tërheqje me forcën e krahëve, tërheq lart (hitch), qortoj (admonish, berate, call down, carpet, castigate, chide, come down on, correct, damn, decry, discommend, dish it out, knock, lecture, light into, Peck, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tell off, trim, twit, upbraid), ndaloj (arrest, balk, ban, bar, baulk, block, break down, cease, challenge, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, stall, stop, tackle, withhold), ndalem (break off, call on, drop in, drop off, dwell on, halt, lay off, light, pause, put up, stand, stand still, stop), ndal (arrest, becalm, check, close up, cut, discontinue, end, fight off, fold, halt, heave to, hold, interrupt, pull in, rein up, shut down, stay, stem, stop), kafene buzë rrugës (pull in). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وقف (bait, bristle, carry, cessation, check, come to a halt, devote, discontinuation, disposal, get up, halt, pause, refraining, rise, severance, stand, stand up, stasis, stood, stoppage, stopping), ‏توقف فجأة (balk, clap, cut out, layover, short, stall), ‏توقف (break off, breakdown, come to a halt, cut off, demise, discontinue, end, halt, hinge, hitch, lapse, layover, let up, letup, obstruction, pass by, pause, quit, rest, run down, setback, stall, stand, stay, stop, stop over, stoppage, stopping, touch), ‏أوقف سيارة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

ставам (arise, become, come, come round, eventuate, fit, get, get up, grow, intervene, occur, pass, proceed, rise, roll out, run, stand, take place, transpire, turn, turn out, up), скастрям (set down, trim, wig), спирам се (determine, draw bit, dwell on, enlarge, jib, repose, rest, stand, stay, stop), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), гостилница (cook-shop, eating house, ordinary), вдигам (carry away, carry off, elevate, flush, get up, heave, heft, hoist, hold up, kick up, lift, pick up, purchase, put up, raise, rear, rouse, run up, take up, tip up, up), отскубвам (pluck off, snatch, tear out), набиране на лост до брадата, надигам се (arise, blow up, boil up, get up, rear, rise, simmer, surge, swell, uprise, well up), повдигам (boost, bring up, elevate, give a lift, heave, heft, increase, key up, levitate, lift, moot, pick up, prefer, present, raise, rear, start, take up, throw up, tip over, underlay, up, uplift, upraise), подкрепителен пункт (refreshment room, snack bar), изтеглям нагоре, издърпвам (hitch, pull, twitch), давам преднина. (various references)

Chinese 

�" (promote, pull out, select), �'� (lift up, stitch, take, tease), � (eradicate). (various references)

Czech

přitáhnout (tighten, turn down), vytrhnutí, vytáhnout (extract, hoist, pull out, raise, stretch). (various references)

Danish

stramme gjorden (to pull up the girth, to tighten the girth). (various references)

Dutch

rooien (aim, dig, dig up, excavate, grub, intend, lift), opgraven (dig, dig up, excavate, grub, lift). (various references)

Esperanto

elterigi (dig, dig up, lift). (various references)

Finnish

pysäyttää (arrest, bring to a standstill, check, cut off, hold up, rein in, stop), seisahduttaa hevonen (stop). (various references)

French

stopper, s'arrêter (pull in), remonter (put up), hisser (put up), freiner, arracher. (various references)

German

heraufziehen (approach, draw near, loom, move up). (various references)

Greek 

σταματώ αυτοκίνητο, σταματώ (arrest, balk, belay, cease, check, cheese, come to a halt, detain, draw up, give over, grind to a halt, grind to a standstill, halt, hang on, knock off, pause, put pay to, quit, roll to a halt, stall, stay, stop, trig, waste). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעקור (eradicate, extirpate, pluck, pull out, uproot, yank), ל�"עצר (be detained, cease, halt, run down, stop). (various references)

Hungarian

megállít (abort, arrest, back-stop, halt, rein in, stay, stop, to arrest, to check, to fetch up, to hold up, to pull up, to put to a stand, to rein in), lefékez autót, kitép (extract, rip out, to extract, to pluck out, to pull up, to rive sg away, to rive sg off, to tear up), felvétel (admission, affiliation, college entrance, enrollment, enrolment, entrance, footing, getting into, intake, pick up, reception, recording, snapshot, transcription, uplift to, uptake), felrántás, felhúzás (hoist, josh, rising), felhúz (draw on, hoist in, to draw up, to haul up, to hoist, to hoist up, to prime, to pull on, to pull up, to run up, to screw up, to whip, to wind up, uplift, weigh up, wind up), blokkolás (bucking). (various references)

Indonesian

membuntangkan (strain, stretch), bubut (coucal, lathe, stay). (various references)

Italian

tirar su (pep up), sradicare (eradicate, root out, root up, stub, uproot), fermare (arrest, check, contain, cut off, fasten, fix, halt, hold, interrupt, pull in, shut down, stall, stay, stop, tie), cabrare (fly tail-down). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

たくし上�'る (to roll up or pull up), 引きつける (to attract, to fascinate, to have a convulsion, to pull up), 引き付ける (to attract, to fascinate, to have a convulsion, to pull up), 引付る (to attract, to fascinate, to have a convulsion, to pull up), 引付ける (to attract, to fascinate, to have a convulsion, to pull up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たくしあ�'る (to roll up or pull up), ひきつける (to attract, to charm, to fascinate, to have a convulsion, to pull up). (various references)

Manx

tayrn neese (drag up, draw up, slip on), stap (stop), stad (arrest, intermission, stage, stand, standstill, station, stationary, stay, stop, stop point, stop sign, stoppage, stopping place), scuirr (abort, adjourn, adjournment, break up, bring to, cease, ceasing, cessation, desist, discontinuance, discontinue, halt, intermission, intermittence, leave off, let up, pause, prorogation, prorogue, respite, rest, retirement, ring off; interval, shut off, stall, stop), lhieggey seose. (various references)

Pig Latin

ullpay upay.(various references)

Portuguese

parar (cease, clog, come to a halt, foil, halt, parry, pause, repose, rest, stop, to stop), levantar (billow, boost, bring up, build, carry up, elevate, erect, hale, hoist, hoist up, hold up, jack, lift, mount, pitch, provoke, put up, raise, rear, rough, rouse, set up, up, upbear, upheave, uplift, upraise), deter-se (hold back, pause, repose), desarraigar (disroot). (various references)

Romanian

vârî (Bob, creep, crib, dab, dig, dip, drive, duck, engraft in, immerse, impress, introduce, involve, jab, Lodge, pick, poke, put in, stab, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), trage (absorb, booze, come, drag, drag in, drag out, draw, evolve, extract, fetch, fire, guzzle, haul, heave, hitch, lie, lug, pluck, pop, pull, rub, screw, shoot, strike off, suffer, tipple, toll, tug, worry), smulge (carry away, draw out, elicit, extirpate, extort, pick off, pull, rend away, rend off, Rive, snatch, squeeze, tear out, uproot, worm out of, wrest, wring, yank), smuci (hitch, lug, tug, twitch, worry, wrench), opri (abate, abstain, arrest, balk, bar, baulk, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, keep back, phase out, prohibit, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, snag, staunch, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), face sã stea, apuca (apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, clutch, comprehend, experience, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, nab, nip, seize, snap, snatch, take), întindere (area, compass, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, flatting, length, measure, reach, scope, space, spread, stretch, stretching, surface, sweep, width), întinde (arrange, couch, dilate, draw, expand, extend, fling out, hang, lay on, lengthen, outspread, outstretch, pull, reach, set, sprawl, spread, stretch, strew, tauten, tighten, widen). (various references)

Russian 

выдернуть, остановить (set back), одернуть (check out), натяжение (bent, drag, pull, pull-up, stretch, tension), закусочная по дороге (pull in), задрать (lift up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

privući (appeal, attract, draw near), podići (boost, elevate, inflate, lift, pass under, pick up, put up, raise, rear, uplift, upraise), penjanje rukama, zaustavljanje (stopping), zaustaviti se (come to a halt, jib, pause, pull by, pull over). (various references)

Spanish

parada (boasting, check, detention, halt, lieu, parade, Parry, pen, rank, relay, save, stake, stand, standstill, stop, stoping, stoppage, stopping place), pararse (break off, cut out, draw up, end, get up, halt, lead, Parry, pull in, stall, stand up, stop, stopping, ward off, wind down), parar (arrest, bring to, bring up, catch, cease, check, come to a halt, cut, decide, deter, end, end up, get, give up, gum up, halt, hold up, interrupt, lead, Parry, put up, save, set, shut off, stand up, stay, stop, stop to think, stopping, switch off, tie up, trap, turn away, turn off, ward off), acercarse (advance, approach, approximate, bear down upon, come close, come closer, come near, come on, come up, draw near, draw on, go up, pop across, pop by, pop over, pop round, ride up, verge, verge on), arrancar (abstract, blow away, draw, draw out, extort, extract, grub up, pick, pluck, pluck off, prise off, prize off, pull, pull away, pull off, pull out, put on, rip off, rip out, root up, start, start running, switch on, take away, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out, tear up, turn on, weed, win, wrest, wring), arremangarse, ayudar (abet, accomodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, boost, dole, Favor, favour, help, help along, help out, help smb. out, lean, lend a hand, subserve, support, tide over), contenerse (contain, forbear, hold back, hold in, keep one's temper, restrain oneself), detenerse (draw rein, pause, rein in, rest, stop, stop by), acercar (approach, bring closer, bring forward, bring near, draw near, draw up, pull over, verge, verge on), levantar (adjourn, boost, break up, build, dig up, draw up, elevate, erect, flush, get up, heave, heft, hitch, hoist, hold up, Jack, lever, lift, lift up, pick up, prick, push up, put up, raise, raise up, rear, ring up, rouse, set up, spring, start, take, tip, to raise, up, wind up), tracción (press up, pull, pulling, push up, traction), recogerse (bind, put up), regañar a (snarl, tick off), restaurante de carretera (pull in), subirse (hike up, perch, put up), encabritar (rile, upset). (various references)

Swedish

slå till (buffet, bust, clout, crack, cuff, jab, knock, slug, sock, strike, swipe, switch on, wallop), rycka upp (jolt, shake up), rulla upp (reel up, roll up, unfold), rastställe (resting place), dra upp (beach, describe, draw up, grub, hike, hitch, land, train, undo, weigh), armhävning. (various references)

Turkish

park etme yeri, yukarı çekmek (drive up, hike, hike up, hoist), yetişmek (catch, catch up, catch up on, come up with, draw up, equal, grow, hand up, keep up with, overtake, pull up to, pull up with, reach, run smb. close), yanaştırmak, sağa çekmek, mola yeri (halt, rest house, resting place, service area, stop), kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), durumunu düzeltmek (upgrade smb.'s status), durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, harp, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, remain, rest, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop), durdurmak (abort, arrest, baulk, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, Crimp, deactivate, discontinue, draw up, give over, halt, hold back, hold up, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, lock, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend), barfiks (horizontal bar), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw). (various references)

Ukrainian

стримуватися (abstain, contain, control oneself, hold in, keep one's temper, refrain), раптова зупинка (snub), вихід з пікірування (pull out), натягування (pull, stretching), зупиняти (arrest, bar, cease, check, damp, deter, halt, hold, hold up, nip, stanch, staunch, stop, withhold), знищувати (abolish, annihilate, annul, blast, consume, crush, delete, demolish, efface, exterminate, extinguish, kill, kill off, neutralize, nullify, obliterate, outroot, overthrow, overturn, quell, root out, root up, rub out, scotch, sweep away, take off, torpedo, wear off, wither), підтягування (warping), докоряти (admonish, chide, objurgate, upbraid). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Pull Up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pulup. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pullup.

-2 letters: lulu, pull, pulp.

-3 letters: pul, pup, ulu.

-4 letters: up.

+1 letter: pullups.

+4 letters: populously.