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pull

/pʊl/ verbo A2

En español: tirar, jalar, chejear, tractar

  1. To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. (intransitive, transitive) · When I give the signal, pull the rope.· Pull your belt tight before starting off, will you?
  2. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.). · to pull fruit from a tree· pull flax
  3. To attract or net; to pull in. (transitive)
  4. To interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex). (US, slang)
  5. To remove or withdraw (something), especially from public circulation or availability. (transitive) · Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves.· The book was due to be released today, but it was pulled at the last minute over legal concerns.
  6. To retrieve or look up for use. (transitive) · I'll have to pull a part number for that.· This computer file is incorrect. Can we pull the old version from your backups?
  7. To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority. · It's the contractor's responsibility to pull the necessary permits before starting work.
  8. To do or perform, especially something seen as negative by the speaker. (informal, transitive) · He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.· You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.

Plural pull · He/she/it pulls · Pasado pulled · Participio pasado pulled · Forma en -ing pulling

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Formas del verbo

Forma base
pull
He/she/it
pulls
Pasado
pulled
Participio pasado
pulled
Forma en -ing
pulling

De la biblioteca

He requested that the Wolf pull it out, lest when he ate him it should injure his throat.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 75 · B2
As they were on the bare plowlands, eating there wheat-stocks and roots pulled up from the hedgerow, the Town Mouse said to his friend, “You live here the life of the ants, while in my house is the horn of plenty.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 79 · B2
Of course the truck was a thousand times bigger than any of the mice who were to draw it; but when all the mice had been harnessed, they were able to pull it quite easily.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 55 · B2
He pulled up his horse, and with great glee joined in the joke by saying, “What a marvel it is that hairs which are not mine should fly from me, when they have forsaken even the man on whose head they grew.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 55 · B2

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