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pull a rabbit out-of a hat	Surprise everyone, 'obtain an almost impossible result	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull a train	Used other than as an idiom: see pull, train.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull a train	To have sex with several men one after the other.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull ahead	to start being in a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull an all-nighter	Work diligently throughout the night.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull back	Used other than as an idiom. To pull in a backwards direction	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull back	To score when the team is losing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull back	To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull back	To retract	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull back	To retreat	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull down	To cause to fall to the floor	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull down	To demolish or destroy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull down	To make lower.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull faces	To make abnormal facial expressions, especially for amusement.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull in	To pull something, so that comes inside.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull in	To tighten a sail by pulling on a rope.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull in	To approach a station.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull in	To earn [money].	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull in	To arrest.	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 on	To put on by tugging.	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	To remove something from a container.	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 All the Stops	To do something eagerly or whole heatedly, putting in all to succeed	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 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 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 secretly influence something with great impact, to control something from distance	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull strings	To manipulate, especially by asking favours of.	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 teeth	To do something that is especially difficult or effortful.	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 plug	To unplug or cut power.	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 cease life support.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull the plug	To cease from production or publication.	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)

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