PULLED (UP) Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

pulled up

verb

past tense of pull up

as in stopped

to bring (something) to a standstill the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

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Recent Examples of pulled up Well past midnight one day this spring, three police officers pulled up to a nightclub where a man was stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk. — Brad Heath, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Brodeur coincidentally pulled up the actual weeds on the property June 19, just before Dantona received the first non-compliance notice. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Martin then pulled up old video of Bregman from his 2016 season at Double-A Corpus Christi to highlight where the third baseman mechanically wants to be. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Instead, a Scott County deputy pulled up to Kelly High School. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 The bear had sought refuge in it, and as the houndsman and his friends pulled up in sight of it, the muffled squeals of the dogs, which had instantly followed the bear in, told the men that the pack was getting smaller every minute. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Two-time defending champion Marcell Jacobs pulled up halfway through Tuesday's final with an apparent leg injury before jogging across the line. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 But at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip, a white Cadillac pulled up beside them and gunfire erupted. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Five times on Sunday afternoon, Cecilia Zandalasini pulled up from 3-point range. — Marisa Ingemi, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

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But the stronger signal is commercial—Jurin has grown almost entirely on inbound interest, having stopped cold outreach in late 2024.

— Jurin AI Contributor, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Daria said immigration officers stopped her mother before their flight and took her into custody, despite her asylum application still being under review.

— Itay Hod, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of stopped

Verb

Competitions were canceled, horse racing fixtures abandoned and international horse transports halted.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
After decades of controversy, construction at Yucca Mountain was halted and to this day no permanent solution has been devised for America’s 90,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of halted

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Meanwhile, negotiations between Washington and Tehran to end the war have stalled, with little sign that talks will resume.

— Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Latest ceasefire negotiations offer few concrete commitments On the diplomatic front, the ceasefire also appears stalled.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of stalled

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The hotel embraces a farm-to-table philosophy, supplementing the produce grown on the estate with purchases from nearby farms and fish caught each morning in the waters surrounding Menorca.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
West Nile virus is not contagious and can only be caught by being bitten by an infected mosquito, health officials say.

— Katie Houlis, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of caught

Verb

Norman, however, slightly checked the president on his Iran war approach and said Americans need to be better informed by Trump about what is going on in the Middle East.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
The kitten was given the name Sunrise and is being checked for injuries.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of checked

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Gajdusek eventually drew up a list of eight students, and then decided on the youngest child, a twelve-year-old boy.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Rudi Garcia then arguably drew up the game plan of the tournament, leaving Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku out of his starting XI and still managing to humiliate the hosts.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of drew up

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Hal is arrested, per his plan, as John meets and sleeps with a mysterious woman, Zoe (Poorna Jagannathan), and uses Hal’s ring to light her cigarette after the fact.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
He was arrested in Orlando in March 2023 on charges including first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

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