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Noun pull-up has 2 senses
- pull-in, pull-up - a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers
--1 is a kind of cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar
- pull-up, chin-up - an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
--2 is a kind of arm exercise
Verb pull-up has 4 senses
- draw up, pull up, haul up - come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"
--1 is one way to stop, halt
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- draw up, pull up, straighten up - straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
--2 is one way to straighten
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- draw up, pull up - cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"
--3 is one way to stop
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Somebody ----s something
- extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out - 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"
--4 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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