Synonyms of pulled up

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopped
• halted
• stalled
• caught
• brought up
• checked
• drew up
• arrested
• stayed
• blocked
• fetched up
• held up
• held back
• stilled
• hindered
• suspended
• cut off
• held
• turned back
• impeded
• ended
• obstructed
• snagged
• stemmed
• detained
• concluded
• clogged
• balked
• baffled
• reined (in)
• blockaded
• dammed
• terminated
• choked off
• suppressed
• discontinued
• called
• bottlenecked
• repressed
• stunted
• squashed
• squelched
• stanched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kept (on)
• carried on
• continued
• kept up
• persisted
• ran on
• moved
• went along
• proceeded
• marched
• advanced
• progressed
• pushed
• followed through (with)
• fared
• drove
• stirred
• propelled
• actuated
• spurred
• impelled
• wended
• goaded
• budged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pulled up

He is accused of being in the Cadillac that pulled up alongside Shakur’s car and handing the gun to two men in the back seat, one of whom was his nephew, who fired the fatal shots. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Fields was walking into the party when a car pulled up and opened fire, his mother, Yvonne Fields, told Action News Jax in an interview. — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

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