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pull on

(Clothing & Fashion) (tr, adverb) to don (clothing)

adj

(Clothing & Fashion) (of a garment) designed to be slipped on easily

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pull

verb

1. To exert force so as to move (something) toward the source of the force:

drag, draw, haul, tow, tug.

2. To remove from a fixed position:

extract, pluck, tear.

3. Informal. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action:

allure, appeal, attract, draw, entice, lure, magnetize, take.

phrasal verb
pull back

To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:

draw back, fall back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw.

Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground.

phrasal verb
pull down

1. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:

demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck.

Aerospace: destruct.

2. Informal. To receive, as wages, for one's labor:

earn, gain, get, make, win.

Idioms: earn a living, earn one's keep.

phrasal verb
pull in

1. To come to a particular place:

arrive, check in, get in, reach, show up, turn up.

Slang: blow in.

Idiom: make an appearance.

2. To control, restrict, or arrest:

bit, brake, bridle, check, constrain, curb, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, rein (back, in, or up), restrain.

phrasal verb
pull off

1. Informal. To begin and carry through to completion:

do, execute, perform, prosecute.

2. Informal. To be responsible for or guilty of (an error or crime):

commit, perpetrate.

phrasal verb
pull on

1. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person:

assume, don, get on, put on, slip into, slip on.

2. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid):

drink, imbibe, quaff, sip, sup.

Informal: swig, toss down (or off).

Slang: belt.

Idiom: wet one's whistle.

phrasal verb
pull out

1. To move or proceed away from a place:

depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.

Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.

Slang: blow, split, take off.

Idioms: hit the road, take leave.

2. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:

draw back, fall back, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw.

Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground.

phrasal verb
pull through

To exist in spite of adversity:

come through, last, persist, ride out, survive, weather.

noun

1. The act of drawing or pulling a load:

draft, drag, draw, haul, traction.

2. An inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette:

drag, draw, puff.

Slang: hit.

3. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed:

draft, drink, potation, quaff, sip, sup, swill.

Informal: swig.

Slang: belt.

4. Slang. The power to produce an effect by indirect means:

influence, leverage, sway, weight.

Informal: clout.

5. Informal. The power or quality of attracting:

allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery.

Translations

يَسْحَبُ الجارِزَه

natáhnout si

hive på

fara í

natiahnuť si

çabucak giyinmek

穿衣

w>pull on

vt sep coat etc → sich (dat) → überziehen; hat → aufsetzen

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pull

(pul) verb

1. to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force. He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.

2. (with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at. He pulled at his cigarette.

3. to row. He pulled towards the shore.

4. (of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction. The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.

noun

1. an act of pulling. I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.

2. a pulling or attracting force. magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.

3. influence. He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.

pull apart / to pieces

to tear or destroy completely by pulling.

pull down

to destroy or demolish (buildings).

pull a face / faces (at)

to make strange expressions with the face eg to show disgust, or to amuse. The children were pulling faces at each other; He pulled a face when he smelt the fish.

pull a gun etc on

to produce and aim a gun etc at (a person).

pull off

to succeed in doing. He's finally pulled it off!

pull on

to put on (a piece of clothing) hastily. She pulled on a sweater.

pull oneself together

to control oneself; to regain one's self-control. At first she was terrified, then she pulled herself together.

pull through

to (help to) survive an illness etc. He is very ill, but he'll pull through; The expert medical treatment pulled him through.

pull up

(of a driver or vehicle) to stop. He pulled up at the traffic lights.

pull one's weight

to take one's fair share of work, duty etc.

pull someone's legleg

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