as in to stop
to bring (something) to a standstill
the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse
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Recent Examples of pull up
Moments later, the 4-year-old child was pulled up to safety using the life ring, drawing cheers from onlookers watching the dramatic rescue unfold.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
José pulled up an image of a modest, light-colored home, set back from a sidewalk and a paved road.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Macy’s, an anchor for the Downtown Commons since the 1960s, pulled up stakes in Sacramento and Citrus Heights.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Arzola is identified as standing in the street moments before the car pulls up.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
José pulled up an image of a modest, light-colored home, set back from a sidewalk and a paved road.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Macy’s, an anchor for the Downtown Commons since the 1960s, pulled up stakes in Sacramento and Citrus Heights.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Arzola is identified as standing in the street moments before the car pulls up.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull up
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Contraceptives acting on spermatogenesis take a few weeks to kick in, and fertility takes a few weeks to return when a man stops using them.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Either way, Mahomes’ reaction, and reportedly Belichick’s, doesn’t stop there.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The move comes one day after Mexico temporarily halted its oil shipments to Cuba.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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Trump has largely halted refugee admissions, with the narrow exception of White South Africans.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Not long after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County Jail in Houston and spent three days on the run before being caught.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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This is the wrong time to be caught in these situations.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yet, as any visitor stalled in traffic or fumbling for cash to top up a transit card discovers, the old Seoul persists beneath the new.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Earlier this month, a video circulated of a Waymo that appeared to stall out on the Venetian Causeway between Miami and Miami Beach.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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The reality is there may be no perfect pick who checks all the boxes Trump is looking for in a Fed chair.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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For people with a lot of side gigs, the information shared on the Online Account can be a safety net to check for documents.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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When compared with other technologies, this actuator operates in a performance range no one had reached before – hydrogels can stretch 40% to 65% but stay below about 11,800 ft-lb per cubic foot.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Jan. 2026
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But there is now no clear path to funding DHS, or the rest of the government, if the funding stays joined after the shooting of Pretti.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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When a syringe goes into a vial to draw up the liquid, there is a risk of introducing germs.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
30 Jan. 2026
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Alongside him will be Secret Level’s newest hire, Christina Lee Storm, the former Netflix executive who helped draw up the TV Academy’s responsible AI production standards.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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The White House has expressed openness to a compromise with the Democrats, who are holding up a government funding bill over the shooting.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Jan. 2026
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Videos posted on social media show protesters chanting inside the hotel and holding up signs, while refusing to leave the lobby.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Pull up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20up. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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