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"pull a chicken"verbstrip of featherstype of:
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"he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"nouna sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
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"pull a bank robbery"verbperform an act, usually with a negative connotation
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"pull weeds"verbremove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
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"the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"nounspecial advantage or influence
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"The ad pulled in many potential customers" "This pianist pulls huge crowds"verbdirect toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributestype of:
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"pull out a gun" "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"verbbring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
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nouna slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)type of:
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"I'm pulling for the underdog"verbtake sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
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"pull the cooked chicken into strips"verbtear or be torn violently
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"A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"verbcause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
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"the pull up the hill had him breathing harder" "his strenuous pulling strained his back"nounthe act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
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"pull a sled"verbcause to move by pulling
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"I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up" "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"verbstrain abnormally
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"he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer"nouna device used for pulling somethingtype of:
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"pull the string gently" "pull the trigger of the gun" "pull your knees towards your chin"verbapply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motiontype of:
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"it was a long pull but we made it"nouna sustained efforttype of:
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"pull the ball"verbhit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swingtype of:
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"the car pulls to the right"verbmove into a certain directiontype of:
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"pull the oars"verboperate when rowing a boattype of:
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"pull a horse"verbrein in to keep from winning a race
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"pull one's horse to a stand"verbsteer into a certain directiontype of:
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"pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"verbtake away
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"the pull of the moon" "the pull of the current"nounthe force used in pullingtype of:
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