PULLS UP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

pulls up

verb

present tense third-person singular of pull up

as in stops

to bring (something) to a standstill the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

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Recent Examples of pulls up There’s a great accidental gag in a cut bit from the original MTV pilot when a deputy pulls up to arrest Knoxville and forgets to put her car in park. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 The car pulls up to the club, and Johnson heads to the green room. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 June 2026 Insider tip Become friendly with the doormen and bellhops, who make your stay wonderful from the second your car pulls up and are reminiscent of old New York. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026 The Danish Algerian songwriter’s peripatetic new album pulls up at the bustling crossroads of the electroclash comeback and the contemporary Scandinavian school. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026 Then a boat pulls up and takes its next victim, but this time there is no blood moon to hide from. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026 But for a mine, all that needs to happen is a vessel pulls up, shoves one overboard, and moves on. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026 Tramon Mark pulls up for a, what else, midrange jumper and OU takes yet another timeout. — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026 The Gwinnett microtransit bus pulls up to a suburban park to pick up passengers in Snellville in November 2024. — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulls up

Verb

Sterling that migrates from bank deposits into stablecoin reserves stops funding mortgages and business lending, and a fast-growing coin could pull deposits out of the banking system quicker than banks could adjust.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Staff would be expected to evacuate patients in the event of a major tremor, but the plan stops there, according to Bubenek.

— Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026

Definition of stops

Verb

If shipping through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea halts, the world could face more economic pain.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 July 2026
The robot immediately responds to the interruption and halts the operation, illustrating Unitree’s focus on continuous human-robot interaction and dynamic task adaptation.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of halts

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Notably, that recognition from the top is the component most often missing; acknowledgment tends to come from direct supervisors and peers, while the executive level stays silent.

— Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Miami’s zoning code prohibits stays under 30 days in multi-family residential buildings without a condo-hotel Certificate of Use.

— Joan Chrissos, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026