pull for

phrasal verb

pulled for; pulling for; pulls for

US, informal

: to say or show that one hopes (someone or something) will succeed, get well, etc.

We're all pulling for you (to get well).

I'm pulling for the home team.

Examples of pull for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nikita Zadorov scored the winner on a bar-down wrister to lift the B’s to a victory that was made possible by a monster third period by newcomer Mikey Eyssimont, who scored two goals and then set up Marat Khusnutdinov’s equalizer with the goalie pulled for an extra skater. —Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025

On the fringes of Cambridge, Deadline spoke with a number of key Channel 4 suppliers who are pulling for Allan. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025

One of Google's key new Android AI features, which debuted on the Pixel 10 series in August, has been pulled for the foreseeable future so the company can work on improvements. —James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025

And he got pulled for a defensive replacement on Friday night when Harrison Bader entered the game in the ninth inning to play center field, thus moving Brandon Marsh to left and Kepler to right. —Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for pull for

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore