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Another word for pull

Verb

  1. To exert force so as to move (something) toward the source of the force

    2. See also:

    push

  2. To remove from a fixed position

    3. See also:

    put in

  3. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action

    4. See also:

    like

Another word for pull

Noun

  1. The act of drawing or pulling a load

    2. See also:

    push

  2. An inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette

    3. See also:

    breath

  3. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed

    4. See also:

    mouth

  4. The power to produce an effect by indirect means

    5. See also:

    affect

  5. The power or quality of attracting

    6. See also:

    like

Idioms:

    pull back

  1. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat

    2. pull down

  2. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible

    3. pull down

  3. To receive, as wages, for one's labor

    4. pull in

  4. To come to a particular place

    5. pull in

  5. To control, restrict, or arrest

    6. pull off

  6. To begin and carry through to completion

    7. pull off

  7. To be responsible for or guilty of (an error or crime)

    8. pull on

  8. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person

    9. pull on

  9. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid)

    10. pull out

  10. To move or proceed away from a place

    11. pull out

  11. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat

    12. pull through

  12. To exist in spite of adversity

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Another word for pull

Noun

  1. The act of pulling

  2. Exerted force

    3. See also:

    strength

  3. *Influence

    4. See also:

    influence

Another word for pull

Verb

  1. To exert force so as to move

    2. See also:

    draw

  2. To remove by pulling

    3. See also:

    remove

    draw

  3. To incline

    4. See also:

    lean

Synonym Study

  • Tow implies pulling by means of a rope or cable to tow a stalled automobile
  • Haul implies sustained effort in transporting something heavy, often mechanically to haul furniture in a truck
  • Tug suggests strenuous, often intermittent effort in pulling but does not necessarily connote success in moving the object I tugged at the rope to no avail
  • Drag implies the slow pulling of something heavy, connoting great resistance in the thing pulled she dragged the desk across the floor
  • Draw suggests a smoother, more even motion than pull he drew his sword from its scabbard
  • Pull is the broad, general term of this list, meaning to exert force so as to cause to move toward or after the source of the force
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Sentence Examples

  • Here, let me pull out the stove.

  • Pull her up first.

  • He paused to pull up photographs on the screen.

  • We can pull in a Natural from Latin America.

  • Quinn, who'd been silent during our exchange, spoke up, "Maybe Daniel Brennan can pull in some favors."

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