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pull overTo cause to pull over.Rate it:

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pull punchesTo avoid using a high level of force when punching.Rate it:

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pull punchesTo word something delicately to avoid giving offense or inciting anger.Rate it:

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pull rankTo assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees.Rate it:

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pull somebody's legTo tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.Rate it:

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pull someone down a pegTo lower someone's high self-opinion.Rate it:

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pull someone's bacon out of the fireTo rescue someone, especially at the last moment.Rate it:

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pull someone's legTo tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.Rate it:

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pull stringsTo manipulate, especially by asking favours of.Rate it:

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Pull StringsTo secretly influence something with great impact, to control something from distanceRate it:

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pull teethTo do something that is especially difficult or effortful.Rate it:

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pull teethTo remove teeth, usually because they are diseased or damaged.Rate it:

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pull the other legIn imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.Rate it:

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pull the other oneAlternative form of pull the other one, it's got bells onRate it:

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pull the other one, it's got bells onThe implication is that one leg has been pulled, and the joker will have more fun with the other one due to the bells.Rate it:

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pull the other one, it's got bells onMonty Python's Holy Grail.Rate it:

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pull the other one, it's got brass bells onAlternative form of pull the other one, it's got bells onRate it:

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pull the plugTo cease from production or publication.Rate it:

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pull the plugTo cease life support.Rate it:

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pull the plugTo cease to support; to halt.Rate it:

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pull the plugTo unplug or cut power.Rate it:

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pull the rug out from underTo suddenly remove support fromRate it:

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pull the rug out from under someoneTo suddenly remove support from someone.Rate it:

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Pull the Rug out from Under YouTo ruin someone’s dreams, hopes or plans, to suddenly withdraw supportRate it:

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pull the triggerTo commit to a course of action.Rate it:

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pull the triggerTo fire a gun.Rate it:

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pull the wool over someone's eyesTo deceive (someone).Rate it:

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Pull the Wool over Your EyesTo play trick with someone making him or her fool, to deceive or cheat someoneRate it:

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pull throughA length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.Rate it:

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pull togetherTo unite for a common objective.Rate it:

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pull upLift upwards or vertically.Rate it:

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pull upRetrieve; get.Rate it:

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pull upDrive close to something, especially a curb.Rate it:

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pull up a chairUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, chair.Rate it:

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pull up a chairTo sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.Rate it:

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pull up a floorUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, floor.Rate it:

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pull up a floorSit down on a floor.Rate it:

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pull up stakesTo prepare to move one's usually temporary habitation, especially rapidly.Rate it:

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Pull up StakesLeaving one’s job, home or country to another place that offers better thingsRate it:

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pull up stumpsTo cease doing something, at least for the day.Rate it:

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Pull Your LegTo tease someone by making fun of him or her.Rate it:

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Pull Yourself TogetherTo calm down or settle after bring frustrated or, to control one’s emotions and angerRate it:

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pump someone's tiresTo praise, encourage, or vigorously support someone.Rate it:

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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:

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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:

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push someone's buttonsTo do specific things to anger someone (less commonly, sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction), especially intentionally or maliciously.Rate it:

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put a gun to someone's headTo compel someone; to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.Rate it:

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put awayTo send someone to prison.Rate it:

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put downTo drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.Rate it:

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put down asto assume someone has a particular character from very little information.Rate it:

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