pull
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- verb
- noun
- phrase
Synonyms for pull
draw
extract
attract
strain
tug
force
puff
pull in
pull it off
pull out (of): leave
pull someone up
Synonyms
- reprimand
- lecture
- rebuke
- reproach
- carpet
- censure
- scold
- berate
- castigate
- admonish
- chastise
- tear into
- read the riot act to
- tell someone off
- reprove
- upbraid
- take someone to task
- tick someone off
- read someone the riot act
- bawl someone out
- dress someone down
- lambaste
- give someone an earful
- chew someone out
- tear someone off a strip
- haul someone over the coals
- give someone a dressing down
- give someone a rocket
- slap someone on the wrist
- rap someone over the knuckles
pull something in: attract
pull something in: earn
pull something off: remove
pull something out
pull something up
pull up
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Synonyms for pull
to exert force so as to move (something) toward the source of the force
to remove from a fixed position
to direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action
pull back: to move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat
pull down: to receive, as wages, for one's labor
pull in: to come to a particular place
pull off: to begin and carry through to completion
pull off: to be responsible for or guilty of (an error or crime)
pull on: to put (an article of clothing) on one's person
pull on: to take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid)
pull out: to move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat
pull through: to exist in spite of adversity
the act of drawing or pulling a load
an inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette
an act of drinking or the amount swallowed
the power to produce an effect by indirect means
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Synonyms for pull
the act of pulling
the force used in pulling
special advantage or influence
a device used for pulling something
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
a sustained effort
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
move into a certain direction
apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
steer into a certain direction
strain abnormally
cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
operate when rowing a boat
rein in to keep from winning a race
tear or be torn violently
hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
strip of feathers
remove, usually with some force or effort
take sides with
take away
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