pull-up

noun

\ ˈpu̇l-ˌəp

Definition of pull-up

(Entry 1 of 2)

: chin-up

pull up

verb

Definition of pull up (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to bring to a stop : halt

2 : check, rebuke

intransitive verb

1a : to check oneself

b : to come to an often abrupt halt : stop

2 : to draw even with others in a race

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Examples of pull-up in a Sentence

Verb

the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Shades pull up to allow for privacy at night, LED lighting keeps the mood right, and a rear cabinet area allows for even more storage. — Megan Barber, Curbed, "This Westfalia camper van is giving us 1950s-diner vibes," 1 Oct. 2018 You either pull up on the chuck sleeve to insert a bit or you just slip the bit into the chuck. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, "Cordless Drill/Driver vs Impact Driver: Which Do You Need?," 24 Jan. 2019 The roots of some of this ambition may still be too far underground to try to pull up quite yet. — Zoë Ghertner, Vogue, "Reese Witherspoon: Activist, Advocate, Hollywood’s Moral Compass," 10 Jan. 2019 Then the system pretended to pull up real energy opinion data from the subjects' home county. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "You think your neighbors can drive energy conservation," 18 Sep. 2018 With his magical fishhook, the demigod pulled up the islands from the ocean floor. — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, "Stargazing summer," 5 July 2018 Fortunately, horse and rider were able to pull up in time, but not before Ramos blistered them with some choice words. — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, "Britain to Bandera: A horsewoman’s journey from uppercrust to working class," 20 Feb. 2018 In the accompanying video, the Younger star appears to have pulled up alongside the accused pap's car in a parking lot to ask him to stop following her. — Andrea Park, Glamour, "Hilary Duff Calls Out Paparazzo for Allegedly 'Hunting Her Down'," 24 Sep. 2018 Elise Brantley: Four cars pulled up and told him to get on the ground. — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, "Was a missing Tennessee woman murdered or did she willingly disappear?," 7 Apr. 2018

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