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pull up a chairUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, chair.Rate it:
pull up a floorSit down on a floor.Rate it:
pull up a floorUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, floor.Rate it:
pull up stakesTo prepare to move one's usually temporary habitation, especially rapidly.Rate it:
Pull up StakesLeaving one’s job, home or country to another place that offers better thingsRate it:
pull up stumpsTo cease doing something, at least for the day.Rate it:
Pull Your LegTo tease someone by making fun of him or her.Rate it:
Pull Yourself TogetherTo calm down or settle after bring frustrated or, to control one’s emotions and angerRate it:
pulling powerAbility to attract people.Rate it:
pulling the plugpassive euthanasiaRate it:
pulls upstopsRate it:
pump ironTo lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.Rate it:
pump outto produce in large quantitiesRate it:
pump someone's tiresTo praise, encourage, or vigorously support someone.Rate it:
pump upTo inflate by means of a pump.Rate it:
pump upTo inflate with a pumping action.Rate it:
pump upTo excite a person or group to a frenzy.Rate it:
pump upTo cause one's muscles to swell by means of focussed weightlifting.Rate it:
pumpkin heada severe head injury resulting from a beating.Rate it:
punch aboveTo reach beyond one's limits; to be more capable than an expected limitation.Rate it:
punch above one's weightTo achieve or perform at a higher level than would be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.Rate it:
punch below one's weightTo achieve or perform at a level lower than should be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.Rate it:
punch bowl waterfallA plunging waterfall descending from a narrow stream into a pool.Rate it:
punch inTo enter a workplace by punching a time card.Rate it:
punch itSynonym of cheese itRate it:
punch line (of a joke)Usually the last part of a joke that makes it funny.Rate it:
punch outTo repeatedly hit a personRate it:
punch outTo hit so they become unconsciousRate it:
punch outTo use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored.Rate it:
punch outTo leave a workplace by punching a timecardRate it:
punch outTo leave a workplaceRate it:
punch outTo eject from an airplane.Rate it:
punch outTo extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard.Rate it:
punch outTo rule that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.Rate it:
punch outTo throw a called third strike.Rate it:
punch someone's lights outTo give someone a serious beating using one's fists; to punch someone until he or she is unconscious.Rate it:
punch the clockRing-In With Your Time Card or as we say; "Punch the Clock"Rate it:
punch upto fightRate it:
PunchboardA book-size laminated paper 1'/2 inch thick board with 25 to 200 drilled holes in surface. Holes contain 'accordion-fold', numbered kite-paper which when 'punched-out of board' with small PUNCH-tool may reveal a 'winning-chance number': Winning Numbers posted on board. Variety of Valuable prizes is predetermined by cost of a single 'PUNCH': Win! Box Candy, jewelry, trinkets, appliances, tools, flashlights et al:Rate it:
punched paperA thing looking good to one person, but bad to another.Rate it:
punk outTo give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.Rate it:
punk outTo treat as a punk.Rate it:
pure and simplePlain and unadorned.Rate it:
pure as the driven snowextremely pure; totally pure (typically "pure" in the sense of "virtuous").Rate it:
pure finderSomeone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by old women in Britain in the 18th century. (Reference: Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6 chapter 1 page 21.)Rate it:
pure finderUsed other than as an idiom: see pure, finder.Rate it:
purely and simplyIn a pure and simple manner.Rate it:
purple proseExtravagant or flowery writing, especially in a literary work.Rate it:
purple stateSomewhat whimsical synonym for swing state. (In the modern United States) a state that may support the Democratic or Republican Party (purple states, states that vote for Democratic or Republican Party in general, being red states in some given elections and blue states in other given elections).Rate it:
purple youTo love and trust each otherRate it:

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