Synonyms of pulling up

pulling up

verb

present participle of pull up

as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill

the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopping
• halting
• stalling
• catching
• bringing up
• drawing up
• holding up
• checking
• fetching up
• blocking
• staying
• arresting
• holding back
• cutting off
• stilling
• hindering
• holding
• suspending
• impeding
• ending
• turning back
• obstructing
• stemming
• snagging
• reining (in)
• detaining
• clogging
• blockading
• concluding
• balking
• choking off
• baffling
• damming
• terminating
• suppressing
• discontinuing
• bottlenecking
• repressing
• stunting
• calling
• squashing
• squelching
• stanching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping (on)
• carrying on
• running on
• keeping up
• continuing
• going along
• persisting
• moving
• following through (with)
• proceeding
• progressing
• advancing
• marching
• pushing
• faring
• driving
• stirring
• actuating
• propelling
• spurring
• wending
• impelling
• goading
• budging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pulling up

According to News 12, security footage at the scene shows a car pulling up in the dark before two men get out. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026

Detectives reviewed surveillance footage from the 7-Eleven, where Blancas-Espinosa was seen pulling up to the pump bay and getting out of the car near the trash can by the fuel pump, the affidavit read. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026

The series begins with a prison bus pulling up to a correctional facility in Georgia, where the commander of jail operations, Major Boughner, announces how the 30 participants, 27 men and 3 women, will be divided. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Williams originally sustained the injury late in Chicago’s Week 2 loss to Minnesota, pulling up lame on a fourth-quarter scramble toward the end zone before being carted off in visible tears. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Instead, Sayegh got creative by, for example, handing through car doors fresh popcorn and candy to families pulling up at her front door to be consumed at home. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026

Adam Johnson, chief deputy clerk for the county clerk, said the voter registration database was not pulling up the correct dates of birth for some voters. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

The victim’s son called the detectives before slowly pulling up beside his mother’s blue electric car, which was parked on the street. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

According to The Los Angeles Times, after 25 years in Los Angeles, the long-running reality singing competition is pulling up stakes and moving across the country to Atlanta for its next season, which will premiere in early 2027. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026