PULL UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull up mean? 

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

1. come to a halt after driving somewhere

2. straighten oneself

3. cause (a vehicle) to stop

4. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULL UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come to a halt after driving somewhere

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw up; haul up; pull up

Context example:

The chauffeur hauled up in front of us

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

halt; stop (come to a halt, stop moving)

Verb group:

draw up; pull up (cause (a vehicle) to stop)

Domain category:

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Straighten oneself

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw up; pull up; straighten up

Context example:

He drew himself up when he talked to his superior

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

straighten (get up from a sitting or slouching position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

pull-up (an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause (a vehicle) to stop

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw up; pull up

Context example:

He pulled up the car in front of the hotel

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

stop (cause to stop)

Verb group:

draw up; haul up; pull up (come to a halt after driving somewhere)

Domain category:

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out

Context example:

extract information from the telegram

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

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)

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

squeeze out; wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)

demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)

thread (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

When you remember something, you pull up a file.

(Memory, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

The room was growing lighter; without taking his eyes from Mina's face, Dr. Van Helsing motioned me to pull up the blind.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“He’s looking pretty bad. He’ll be going into the country feet foremost some of these days if he doesn’t pull up!”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Just pull up at a telegraph office as you pass, cabby.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The cavaliers could not but pull up their horses to look at them, for a stranger pair were never seen journeying together.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pull up, cabby!

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the meanwhile, they proceeded on their journey without any mischance, and were within view of the town of Keynsham, when a halloo from Morland, who was behind them, made his friend pull up, to know what was the matter.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The big barouche came lumbering over the sward in our direction until Sir Lothian Hume caught sight of us, when he shouted to his postillions to pull up.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)