PULL UP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

pull up

verb

Definition of pull up

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 If the damage is severe, pull up the plants and dispose of them. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 July 2026 The actress and singer pulled up for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding alongside other guests in a black SUV. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 July 2026 Us Weekly reported that a truck from Danny and Coop's pulled up to Madison Square Garden on the night of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026 Following the Kansas City Chiefs' third Super Bowl win, the hot couple pulled up to the famed XS Nightclub inside Wynn Las Vegas. — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pull up

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During the war, as the death toll ticked upward in the enclave, search operations for bodies largely stopped, either because most heavy equipment was destroyed, fuel became scarce or many strike sites became inaccessible due to the fighting.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Curious passersby stopped throughout the day, gazing up at what used to be the Pfizer headquarters building.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Definition of stop

Verb

Attacks on ships — and the threat of them — virtually halted traffic in the waterway during the conflict, causing the price of oil to skyrocket and raising prices on many basic goods, including food, far beyond the region.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026

Definition of halt

Verb

One villager had been bitten and is being treated in hospital, while a dozen locals had formed a team to catch the snakes, the Hongxing report said.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
But the rally ended when Hernández’s liner up the middle landed in the glove of Rockies right-hander Jimmy Herget, who just entered the game, catching Kyle Tucker off first base for a double play.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of catch

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Seigler remained down for several minutes, bleeding from one arm and grimacing in pain as interim manager Chad Tracy and trainers rushed out to check him for a head injury.

— Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026
Katie Beloberk of Compass, who represented the purchasers, said the couple had considered buying land and building a home — but the listing checked their boxes without the headaches of a ground-up project.

— David Caraccio Updated July 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of check

Verb

Some also face rarer conditions that affect not only nighttime sleep but also the ability to stay awake and alert during the day.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 July 2026
If any member of the family is starting to feel under the weather, whip up a bowl of comforting chicken soup with lemons and carrots to help everyone stay healthy for the rest of the week.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

Definition of stay

Verb

Each electric arc furnace used in steelmaking has an operating power load between 40 and 200 megawatts, and the entire US steel industry draws up to 11 gigawatts of power at peak production across all facilities.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
The concept as drawn up would open up traffic passage and, in fact, feed into freer movement through an area soon to open an entertainment district and revitalized riverfront trail.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026

Definition of draw up

Verb

The Royals didn’t hold up their end of the bargain, however, falling 6-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the series opener.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026
That enabled Atlas to run through the same actions millions of times in parallel across cloud GPUs, learning to adapt to imperfect conditions until the behavior held up reliably.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of hold up

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