as in to stop
to bring (something) to a standstill
the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse
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Recent Examples of pull up
The camera slowly zooms in and out at nothing as Shackleton talks us through the night when a man named George Russell Tucker pulled up beside Lafferty in that very spot one night in the mid ’70s.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Fifteen days after fire ripped through Pacific Palisades, destroying his house on Iliff Street and reducing a good part of his school to rubble, Jonathan Fuhrman pulled up to the kitchen table of his temporary Brentwood home, logged into his laptop and launched Zoom.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
When Gomez pulled up clutching a hamstring a month later, Konate was thrown straight back into the starting line-up ahead of schedule, despite still suffering from discomfort and needing painkillers to get through matches.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The girl and a friend were driving northwest of the city when a truck pulled up next to them and shots rang out, KSL reported.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Fifteen days after fire ripped through Pacific Palisades, destroying his house on Iliff Street and reducing a good part of his school to rubble, Jonathan Fuhrman pulled up to the kitchen table of his temporary Brentwood home, logged into his laptop and launched Zoom.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
When Gomez pulled up clutching a hamstring a month later, Konate was thrown straight back into the starting line-up ahead of schedule, despite still suffering from discomfort and needing painkillers to get through matches.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The girl and a friend were driving northwest of the city when a truck pulled up next to them and shots rang out, KSL reported.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull up
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Adesanya later stopped Pereira to reclaim the belt, with the Brazilian later moving up to light heavyweight and eventually capturing the 205-pound title.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Courtesy of Instagram Her love of personalization doesn’t stop at jewelry.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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By the end of the day, several states had grouped together to file a lawsuit against the administration to halt the funding freeze, including California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Delaware.—
Michael Wilner,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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In a Napolitan News Service survey shared with Secrets, voters signaled support for the president’s moves to halt foreign aid, secure the border, and drain the swamp.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Jan. 2025
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Local water managers say they were caught off-guard by the decision when they were informed just a day before the water started flowing.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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My other friends would teach me how to throw and catch that once-strange oblong object.—
Peter Ji,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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But despite her plea for funding, the City Council authorized only a fraction of it and hiring stalled, caught up in the red tape of L.A. bureaucracy, according to a new report.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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In a shocking turn of events, the Astros could look to land Bregman after his negotiations with other teams stalled.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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However, the expiration policy requires users to check into the Airbnb within seven days, not just book within seven days.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Melanie McGovern, director of public relations at the Better Business Bureau, told Business Insider that the best method to spot a phishing scam is to check from where the text or email came.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Our mission was to level the playing field for the rest of (the) industry which has stayed more traditional to date.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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Beneath the ocean’s surface, abalone cling to the seabed with a strong, foot-like appendage and dwell in radiant shells to stay safe from predators.—
Grant Stringer,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Well, that's – well, our reporting is that the order was for a list to be drawn up of those 1,500 or so people who worked on those cases.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2025
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But, that’s on the list Portwood herself drew up for her guilty plea for consent judgment.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Feb. 2025
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Josh and Monica held up a white No. 13 jersey, with head coach Ben Johnson’s arm around Josh’s shoulder.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
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The top surface of the cabinet has a 50 pound capacity, while the interior shelf can hold up to 30 pounds itself.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Pull up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20up. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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