Synonyms of pulling in

pulling in

verb

present participle of pull in

1

as in containing

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• containing
• controlling
• regulating
• keeping
• curbing
• restraining
• measuring
• reining (in)
• checking
• suppressing
• stifling
• taming
• governing
• holding
• choking (back)
• ruling
• holding back
• inhibiting
• constraining
• bottling (up)
• stopping
• bridling
• swallowing
• interrupting
• repressing
• smothering
• strangling
• blocking
• impeding
• arresting
• sinking
• hindering
• hampering
• mincing
• obstructing
• silencing
• squelching
• muffling
• pocketing
• handcuffing
• gagging
• muzzling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• taking out
• loosening
• liberating
• expressing
• venting
• airing
• unleashing
• loosing

2

as in arresting

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arresting
• running in
• seizing
• grabbing
• picking up
• apprehending
• restraining
• detaining
• snapping (up)
• locking (up)
• pinching
• capturing
• committing
• nailing
• nicking
• snatching
• busting
• nabbing
• catching
• collaring
• jailing
• trapping
• grappling
• incarcerating
• imprisoning
• confining
• hooking
• snaring
• landing
• binding
• bagging
• holding
• getting
• immuring
• interning
• manacling
• handcuffing
• remanding
• shackling
• rearresting
• jugging
• fettering
• trammeling
• enchaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharging
• releasing
• springing
• freeing
• loosening
• liberating
• loosing
• emancipating
• unbinding
• unchaining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pulling in

The film even spawned a three-film franchise, with the entire trilogy eventually pulling in over one billion dollars in box office bucks. — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

Contrast therapy clubs are pulling in a crowd that would once have met at a bar, as younger adults trade cocktails for communal saunas and cold plunges. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

What could be next Expect the recurrent-UTI playbook to shift over the next 18 to 24 months, not because guidelines are being rewritten tomorrow, but because the research and the patient demand are both pulling in the same direction. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026

Extreme weather events, such as drought or heavy rainfall, also stress trees and can trigger them to rapidly protect themselves by more rapidly pulling in the chlorophyll from their leaves, dulling fall colors. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

But, even in a bigger location, JIJI’s quickly started pulling in around 500 people. — Mary Carreon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Then someone decides what the right answer is, usually pulling in product or legal, before it gets written, approved, built into something teachable and scheduled into a session competing with everything else on the calendar. — Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Royale Pizza Napoletana, Miami Beach Japanese pizza is all the rage, and this Miami restaurant is pulling in the big guns from Japan to bring the cuisine to the 305. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026

As a vertical series, the property ranked among the top-performing independent titles in the microdrama category, pulling in over nine million views on Instagram within its debut month. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026