Definition von pull%23on im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- pull
- To apply a force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force
You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle.
- pull
- to do or perform
He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.
- pull
- To row
It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.
- pull
- Appeal or attraction or (as of a movie star)
- pull
- To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force
- pull
- To persuade (someone) to have sex with one
He's pulled that bird over there.
- pull
- to remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability
Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves.
- pull
- To retrieve or generate for use
They'll go through their computer system and pull a report of all your order fulfillment records for the time period you specify.
- pull
- Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
a zipper pull.
- pull
- influence, especially as a means of gaining advantage
- pull
- An act of pulling (applying force)
He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out.
- pull
- A journey made by rowing
As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the pull was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere.
- pull
- To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field
- pull
- To succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex
I pulled at the club last night.
- pull
- The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
- pull
- An attractive force which causes motion towards the source
She took a pull on her cigarette.
- pull a
- to emulate a behaviour generally attributed to the individual named
He pulled an Elvis and got really fat.
- pull a Homer
- To succeed despite idiocy
- pull a face
- To make an abnormal facial expression, either intentionally of because of an emotion
- pull a fast one
- to deceive or trick
The con artist is trying to pull a fast one on the store.
- pull ahead
- to start being in a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition)
After being neck-and-neck the whole race, Gibbs managed to pull ahead in the final lap.
- pull an all-nighter
- Work diligently throughout the night
- pull an oar
- To contribute toward a group effort
- pull apart
- to open something by pulling on various parts of it
- pull away
- To move ahead
Schumacher is beginning to pull away from the rest of the racers.
- pull back
- To score when the team is losing
Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.
- pull back
- to pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind
An uncircumcised man should always take special precautions when bathing to pull back the foreskin and clean carefully around the glans.
- pull back
- To retract
- pull back
- To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal
Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.
- pull back
- To retreat
Central African armed forces (FACA) troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said.
- pull back
- To pull in a backwards direction
- pull down
- To make (something) lower (especially of clothes)
- pull down
- To demolish or destroy (a building etc.)
- pull factor
- The lure of another country, region, organization, or religion
Family is often a pull factor for older adults. A senior may want to move closer to family for two fundamental reasons:.
- pull factors
- plural form of pull factor
- pull in
- to pull something, so that comes inside
After falling out of the boat, the crew pulled him in.
- pull in
- to earn
He pulls in a lot of money.
- pull in
- to tighten a sail by pulling on a rope
pull in the main sheet.
- pull in
- to approach a station
Quick! The train's pulling in.
- pull in
- to arrest
- pull my finger
- A phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas
Charlie: Well, Bob, just pull my finger..
- pull off
- To achieve; to succeed at something difficult
Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off?.
- pull off
- To remove by pulling
Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.
- pull one's finger out
- To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task
You've been sitting there all week, it's time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out!.
- pull one's head in
- To withdraw as a turtle might; to discontinue support of a particular argument
I really should have pulled my head in once they produced that evidence.
- pull one's own weight
- To do the work that one is obligated to
He isn't really pulling his own weight at work.
- pull one's punches
- Alternative form of pull punches
- pull one's socks up
- To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts
They're all going to pull their socks up and play a bit better.
- pull one's weight
- To do the work that one is obligated to
He isn't really pulling his weight at work.
- pull oneself together
- To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused
Damn, damn, damnation! he murmured, together with such other words as he had learnt from older men. Then he raised his hand to his forehead and said, Oh, damn it all— which meant something different. He pulled himself together. He drank a little tea, black and silent, that still survived upon an upper shelf. He swallowed some dusty crumbs of cake. Then he went back to the sitting-room, settled himself anew, and began to read a volume of Ruskin.
- pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
- To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only on one's own effort or abilities
It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots.
- pull out
- To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control
- pull out
- To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat
The troops pulled out of the conflict.
- pull out
- To remove something from a container
He pulled out his gun before she had a chance to scream.
- pull out
- To maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane
When joining a road, you should check for traffic before pulling out.
- pull out all the stops
- To reserve or hold back nothing
They pulled out all the stops for the gala wedding.
- pull out of the hat
- To select at random, or seemingly at random
- pull over
- To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder)
Can you pull over just after the post office? My house is nextdoor.
- pull over
- To cause to pull over
Police:Yes, please breathe into this, sir, we need to take an alcotest.
- pull punches
- To word something delicately to avoid giving offense or inciting anger
- pull punches
- To avoid using a high level of force when punching
- pull quotes
- plural form of pull quote
- pull rank
- To assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees
- pull somebody's leg
- To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying
I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.
- pull someone down a peg
- To lower someone's high self-opinion
She longed to pull him down a peg or two.
- pull station
- A button, lever, or other device in a building used to set off the fire alarm when manually pulled, pushed or otherwise activated
- pull strings
- To control a person, organization, or situation by operating behind the scenes, as a puppeteer controls a marionette
It may have begun that way, says a senior Pentagon official, but as these attacks grow more numerous, you get the sense that there's someone pulling the strings at a higher level..
- pull strings
- To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal
He has the job not because of talent, but because his dad pulled strings with the boss.
- pull teeth
- To do something that is especially difficult or effortful
You will probably have to pull teeth to get a straight answer from a car salesman.
- pull teeth
- To remove teeth, usually because they are diseased or damaged
- pull the fire alarm
- To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the button on the fire alarm pull station
- pull the other leg
- In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said
- pull the other one, it's got bells on
- A jocular expression used to express disbelief. An extension of the phrase, and response to having, someone pulling my leg (teasing or goading by jokingly lying); the implication is that one leg has been pulled, and the joker will have more fun with the other one due to the bells
Arthur: I am,... and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot.
- pull the plug
- to cease life support
- pull the plug
- to unplug or cut power
He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.
- pull the plug
- to cease to support; to halt
It's a wonder the director didn't pull the plug on that project months ago.
- pull the plug
- to cease from production or publication
- pull the string
- To throw an off-speed pitch, a change up, to cause the hitter to swing early and miss
- pull the trigger
- To fire a gun
- pull the trigger
- To shoot, kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal
- pull the trigger
- To commit to a course of action
Some traders are too afraid to pull the trigger and just watch the market without ever getting involved.
- pull the wool over somebody's eyes
- to deceive (someone)
- pull through
- to come through pain and trouble through perseverance
- pull together
- To unite for a common objective
- pull up
- retrieve; get
Pull up that website for me, it looks quite interesting.
- pull up
- drive close to something, especially a curb
Pull up to that curb slowly, you don't want to scratch that other car.
- pull up
- lift upwards or vertically
I pull up the level when I want to make my car go into first gear.
- pull up a pew
- to take a seat, normally used as a casual invitation
Come in, pull up a pew. Do you like chips? I have ketchup.
- pull up stakes
- To prepare to move one's usually temporary habitation, especially rapidly
They just pulled up stakes and left.
- pull up stumps
- To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place
- pull up stumps
- To cease doing something, at least for the day
- pull-back
- A pass into a position further from the attacking goal
- pull-down
- a technique by which a protein is being brought down in a test tube by another
- pull-down
- A dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it
- pull-focus
- A filming technique whereby the focal point is drawn towards the viewer; also a shot (as part of an edit) in which such a technique is used. Also used attributively
To set up a pull-focus shot, frame your shot so that the two subjects, at different distances from the camera, are in view.
- pull-in
- A rest stop; a place at the side of a road where drivers can rest
- pull-quote
- In newspaper and magazine publishing, a brief excerpt drawn from an article and used out of context
- pull-up
- An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar
- push-pull
- having two electronic devices in opposite phase
- push-pull amplifier
- An electronic circuit in which two transistors (one as current source, one as sink) are used to amplify a signal
- pull
- rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse"
- pull a long face
- look worried; look unhappy
- pull into
- When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there. He pulled into the driveway in front of her garage She pulled the car into a tight parking space on a side street
- pull the plug
- prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending
- pull a rabbit out of a hat
- (Ev ile ilgili) Do something surprising
- pull a rabbit out of your hat
- (Ev ile ilgili) Do something surprising
- pull a trick on someone
- Deceive someone
- pull one's socks up
- Make an effort to improve
- pull your finger out
- start working hard
- pull
- {n} the act of pulling, a pluck, effort
- pull
- {v} to pluck, draw violently, drag, degrade
- pull into
- When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there. "He pulled into the driveway in front of her garage.", "She pulled the car into a tight parking space on a side street."
- pull no punches
- (deyim) Hold nothing back
- pull station
- (Fire alarm pull station) A fire alarm pull station is an active fire protection device, usually wall-mounted, that, when activated, initiates an alarm on a fire alarm system. In its simplest form, the user activates the alarm by pulling the handle down, which completes a circuit and locks the handle in the activated position, and sending an alarm to the fire alarm control panel. Fire alarm pull station are often reset using a key, which allows the handle to go back up to its normal position. Single pull systems are simpler, but run a higher risk of accidental pulls
- pull the plug
- (deyim) Prevent something from happening or continuing
- pull together
- (deyim) Join your efforts with those of others; work on a task together; cooperate
- push-pull strategy
- The business terms push and pull originated in the marketing and advertising world, but are also applicable in the world of electronic content and supply chain management. The push/pull relationship is that between a product or piece of information and who is moving it. A customer "pulls" things towards themselves, while a producer "pushes" things toward customers
