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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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the whistle does not pull the trainAlternative form of it's not the whistle that pulls the train.Rate it:

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above one's stationOf higher social status than is suitable for one's position, standing or rank.Rate it:

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rip offTo pull off by ripping.Rate it:

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ball upTo hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.Rate it:

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cook offTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.Rate it:

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pick atTo touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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yank offTo remove something, like a piece of cloth or bread, by tearing it with one quick strong pull.Rate it:

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draw backTo pull something back or apart.Rate it:

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hike upTo lift; to tug or pull upwards.Rate it:

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lucky dipA game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.Rate it:

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root upTo dig or pull up by the roots; to deracinate.Rate it:

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yank outTo remove something like a nail, or a tooth with one quick strong pull.Rate it:

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bawdy basketThe twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing.Rate it:

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iron eagleAn American military officer who has attained the rank of colonel but will not be promoted to the rank of general.Rate it:

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stretchTo pull tight.Rate it:

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aye aye, sirThe correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or U.S. Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."Rate it:

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big fish in a small pondOne who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.Rate it:

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call outYell, Scream, Bellow, or utilize P.A. system or any viable means to summon HELP or summon individuals by name, number I.D. rating, rank, or any viable identifier.Rate it:

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carve outTo create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.Rate it:

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die Zelte abbrechento pull up stakesRate it:

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don't think twice!In general; A strongly worded. forcefully delivered non-military admonishment to another individual of equal or unequal rank for immediate unquestionable immediate physical action, acceptance of proposal, signature of instant acceptance, 'second the motion'! 'jump the gap', 'sever the line', 'jump overboard'!, "BAIL-OUT!",Rate it:

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dragTo pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.Rate it:

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draw togetherTo cause to seek emotional support from each other; to cause to pull together or come together.Rate it:

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drop trowto pull down one's trousers (pants)Rate it:

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fall inOf a soldier, to get into position in a rank.Rate it:

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hitch upTo pull or raise with a jerk.Rate it:

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homines omnis generispeople of every rank.Rate it:

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homines omnium ordinum et aetatumpeople of every rank and age.Rate it:

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il est en première ligneHe is in the front rank.Rate it:

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j'ai barres sur luiI have an advantage over him; I have the whip-hand (the pull) over him.Rate it:

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jemandem das Fell über die Ohren ziehento pull the wool over someone's eyesRate it:

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jemandem Sand in die Augen streuento pull the wool over someone's eyesRate it:

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mettre un homme en pourpointTo pull a man’s cloak off; To ruin a man.Rate it:

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noblesse obligeThe honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank; in American English this often includes the expectation of benevolent actions such as helping those less fortunate.Rate it:

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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:

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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:

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RAInitialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.Rate it:

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shuck downto pull down forcefully.Rate it:

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snowmanA playing card with the rank of eight.Rate it:

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summo loco natusof high rank.Rate it:

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take down a pegAlternative form of pull down a peg.Rate it:

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tear offTo rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.Rate it:

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tug of wara game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.Rate it:

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