Synonyms for pull up
pull up

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1. pull-in, pull-upnoun

   a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers

   Synonyms:
   pull-in, chin-up, pull-up

2. pull-up, chin-upverb

   an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar

   Synonyms:
   pull-in, chin-up, pull-up

3. draw up, pull up, haul upverb

   come to a halt after driving somewhere

   "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"

   Synonyms:
   straighten up, draw up, compose, extract, pull, draw out, take out, frame, haul up, pull out

4. draw up, pull up, straighten upverb

   straighten oneself

   "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"

   Synonyms:
   straighten up, draw up, compose, extract, pull, draw out, take out, frame, haul up, pull out

5. draw up, pull upverb

   cause (a vehicle) to stop

   "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"

   Synonyms:
   straighten up, draw up, compose, extract, pull, draw out, take out, frame, haul up, pull out

6. extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw outverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   except, ask out, remove, leave out, express, evoke, pull in, draw up, attract, distill, overstretch, invite out, perpetrate, commit, prolong, take away, aspirate, move out, elicit, deplumate, force, rive, leave off, extend, suck out, distil, straighten up, pull, get out, take out, press out, educe, back down, root for, buy food, bow out, exclude, protract, draw out, back off, pluck, chicken out, deplume, withdraw, pull out, draw, draw off, excerpt, unpack, tear, rend, extract, draw in, rip, displume, haul up, omit

Matched Categories

1. • Driving
   • Remove
   • Stop

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pull up

   Synonyms:
   [Active.] draw up, haul up

2. pull up

   Synonyms:
   [Active.] extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up

3. pull up

   Synonyms:
   [Neuter.] stop, halt

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1. Rue McClanahan:

   Bea came from a New York stage point of view, she always had what we call ‘the fourth wall.’ And Betty came from a television point of view. She would flirt with the audience, and pull up her skirt and say, ‘Hi sailor.’ But Bea never acknowledged the audience.

2. Vin Scully:

   Pull up a chair, should be a great ballgame ahead.

3. Telly Blair:

   You pull up to get gas -- they try to sell you drugs, and not just three or four, but it's a bulk of people.

4. Dana Evans:

   How can something so ludicrous, so crazy having to do with the best teacher in our school district, getting sent out and possibly getting fired over a pull-up issue.

5. Germany Prime Minister David Cameron:

   We have the character of an island nation - independent, forthright, passionate in defense of our sovereignty - and of institutions that have served us well for many hundreds of years, but we are also an open nation ... And I never want us to pull up the drawbridge and retreat from the world.