PULLED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

pulled

verb

Definition of pulled

past tense of pull

as in hauled

to cause to follow by applying steady force on a team of horses pulling a heavy wagon

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as in yanked

to draw out by force or with effort the dentist had to struggle to pull the tooth

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as in stretched

to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure lift the crate carefully, or you'll pull a muscle

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Recent Examples of pulled He was pulled after giving up back-to-back hits with one out in the fourth to put runners on the corners. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026 The Thunder successfully pulled this off with both Joe and Wiggins, inking both to below-market contracts two summers ago. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026 As the Philippine ships approached the shoal on Friday, several larger China Coast Guard ships pulled close enough that CNN’s crew could see the faces of the personnel on board. — Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 The restaurant chain pulled lettuce from its menu ahead of the recall from Taylor Farms. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 24 July 2026 Pinson pulled about, oh, four hundred hairs coming out of his left nostril, then threw them on the floor. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 Police say Ruiz pulled a knife during a struggle with four officers, injuring one of them. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 Several independent restaurants also pulled lettuce and greens. — Jessica Nix, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Here’s a quick download of what’s happening in food, drink and local life today, pulled from today’s CharlotteFive newsletter. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled

Verb

Under the beating sun in South San Jose Friday afternoon, Amanda Chapiewski hauled several bags of clothes to donation boxes in the Safeway parking lot in Almaden Valley.

— Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
When Ryan hauled one into the office, Burns directed him to dress it up like defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of hauled

Verb

Then we’re yanked into Louis’s hazy POV, from which Armand is reading another one of his apology letters.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
However, their anti-tank and anti-air systems failed to make a decisive difference after the Shah of Iran suddenly yanked out Iran’s decisive support from under them and cut a deal with Baghdad, crushing Kurdish morale in the process.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of yanked

Verb

Who dragged bags of footballs onto the field before practice?

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
While that shutdown ostensibly ended in mid-November, a partial government shutdown dragged on through April, snarling the Department of Homeland Security and causing long delays and confusion at airports across the country.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 23 July 2026

Definition of dragged

Verb

Meanwhile, other storylines were timely and tugged at heartstrings, such as when her character officiated the first gay male wedding on daytime TV in a 2014 episode following Marlena’s emotional coming-out scenes with her grandson.

— Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
The border shifted and changed hands here at least four times in the 19th century and a fifth time in the 20th, tugged south by war and treaty, peace talks and purchases.

— Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026

Definition of tugged

Verb

As the air is extracted, the coffee grounds transition from a loose, flowing state into a rigid mass that molds itself around the object’s shape.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Working with paleopathologists from the University of Pisa in Italy, the team analyzed DNA extracted from the ribs of Francesco I de' Medici, as well as Giovanni de' Medici, his younger brother who died of malaria 25 years earlier.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026