Definition of pull in
: to arrive at a destination or come to a stop
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Examples of pull in in a Sentence
a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long
he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car
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Throughout the show, Van is in the middle of a lot of opposing forces—between class and wealth, race and culture, motherhood and independence—constantly being pulled in directions by people who believe them to be binary choices.
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One of his stores is pulling in about 1,000 customers a day, a figure that would probably be higher if parking was more plentiful.
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Also outside the Sunbelt, the Adams County, Pa., area that contains Gettysburg is pulling in retirees from Baltimore.
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By pulling in the shape, color, and style of a piece, Ikea’s app can parse the aesthetic nuances that people might neglect when plugging a search term into Google.
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The tightest labor market in years isn't pulling in all Americans.
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At the close of February, Wanda Film's action comedy blockbuster Detective Chinatown 2, a ribald local spin on the Sherlock archetype, was 2018's frontrunner, having pulled in $454.5 million since Feb. 16.
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Only Garten and her accountant know her net worth for sure, but various sites have estimated that Garten is pulling in big bucks.
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Only two nonresidential building permits have been pulled in those tracts since 2006, officials told Abbott.
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First Known Use of pull in
1605
pull in Synonyms
Synonyms
apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], collar, nab, nail, pick up, pinch, restrain, run in, seize;
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Related Words
bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap;
commit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up);
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