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Julia Huong
2022-01-21 10:01
Pull up phrasal verb informal
Used to say that you lift someone or something up.
I can't pull this bag up, it's too heavy.
To bring someone or something else closer to you.
Pull up a chair, we 're all friends here!
Something (usually a vehicle) is maneuvered alongside or in front of something or someone and brought to a halt.
Anna pulled her car up alongside mine and talked to me.
To find and make available a source of knowledge on someone or something.
I have been trying to pull up early editions of Defoe's works.
Used to say that you reach the position or place of someone or something positioned ahead of oneself.
He ran like old boots to pull up and pass by the competitors.
To propel an airplane's nose upward in order to lessen fall or boost ascension.
I told Jimmy to pull up to avoid hitting the top of the skyscraper.
To take a plant from the ground.
She was shy enough to pull up a tuft of grass.
To come to a halt or take a break.
You've been working hard. Do you want to pull up for lunch?
To stop talking or thinking about something.
To stop playing in a sport
1. To prevent somebody or something from arriving at a certain place
2. To prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something by doing something first
If you say you be/come up against a brick wall, you mean that you are unable to go on or change because some obstacles impede you.
1. To say or do something that makes someone talking stop.
2. To end something suddenly.
The verb "pull" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
If a person has the devil's own luck, he or she has extremely good luck.
A: Yesterday I won a $10 million lottery jackpot and today I won a car in a draw.
B: You have the devil's own luck.
