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pull in	To earn [money].	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull in	To arrest.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull in one's horns	To become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
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.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Pull No Punches	To hit something with great force and power, attacking something potently, to be honest	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull on	To put on by tugging.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull one over	Alternative form of put one over	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull one's finger out	To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull one's own weight	To do the work that one is obligated to.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull one's punches	Alternative form of pull punches.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull one's socks up	To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
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.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull out	To maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull out	To remove something from a container.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull out	To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull out all the stops	To reserve or hold back nothing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Pull out All the Stops	To do something eagerly or whole heatedly, putting in all to succeed	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull out of one's ass	To fabricate (a factual-sounding claim) from no factual basis or evidence	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull out of the hat	To select at random, or seemingly at random.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull over	To cause to pull over.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull punches	To avoid using a high level of force when punching.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull punches	To word something delicately to avoid giving offense or inciting anger.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull rank	To assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
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.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull someone down a peg	To lower someone's high self-opinion.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull strings	To manipulate, especially by asking favours of.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Pull Strings	To secretly influence something with great impact, to control something from distance	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull teeth	To do something that is especially difficult or effortful.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull teeth	To remove teeth, usually because they are diseased or damaged.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the other leg	In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the other one	Alternative form of pull the other one, it's got bells on	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the other one, it's got bells on	The 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: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the other one, it's got bells on	Monty Python's Holy Grail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the other one, it's got brass bells on	Alternative form of pull the other one, it's got bells on	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the plug	To cease from production or publication.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the plug	To cease life support.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the plug	To cease to support; to halt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the plug	To unplug or cut power.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the rug out from under	To suddenly remove support from	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the rug out from under someone	To suddenly remove support from someone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the trigger	To commit to a course of action.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the trigger	To fire a gun.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the wool over someone's eyes	To deceive (someone).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull through	A 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: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull up a chair	Used other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, chair.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull up a chair	To sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull up a floor	Sit down on a floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull up a floor	Used other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull up stakes	To prepare to move one's usually temporary habitation, especially rapidly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Pull up Stakes	Leaving one’s job, home or country to another place that offers better things	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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