PULL IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull in mean? 

• PULL IN (verb)
  The verb PULL IN has 4 senses:

1. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

2. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

3. of trains; move into (a station)

4. get or bring together

  Familiarity information: PULL IN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULL IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in

Context example:

The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers

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

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Verb group:

draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)

curl; curl up; draw in (shape one's body into a curl)

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

tug (pull hard)

arrest; catch; get (attract and fix)

draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)

bring (attract the attention of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in

Context example:

He clears $5,000 each month

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

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Verb group:

make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)

clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)

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

eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)

profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)

rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)

bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)

rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)

gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)

bear; pay; yield (bring in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They pull in the money

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of trains; move into (a station)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw in; get in; move in; pull in

Context example:

The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station

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

arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)

Verb group:

close in; draw in (advance or converge on)

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

pull out (move out or away)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Get or bring together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

collect; pull in

Context example:

accumulate evidence

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

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

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

archive; file away (put into an archive)

beat up; drum up; rally (gather)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

"So well that I wish we might always pull in the same boat. Will you, Amy?" very tenderly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The existing understanding of planetary formation, the team explained, says small stars can produce rocky planets but cannot not pull in enough mass for larger, gaseous ones like NGTS-1b.

(Astronomers report dwarf star with unexpectedly giant planet, Wikinews)

It would break my heart if you didn't believe that I'd gladly pull in the same boat with you, even if you had to get your living by rowing on the lake.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)