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PULL ALONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull along mean? 

PULL ALONG (verb)
  The verb PULL ALONG has 1 sense:

1. pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistanceplay

  Familiarity information: PULL ALONG used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PULL ALONG (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

pull along; schlep; shlep

Context example:

She pulled along a large trunk

Hypernyms (to "pull along" is one way to...):

drag (pull, as against a resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull along"):

tow (drag behind)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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