Words - pull part 2

Pull off

1. You pull something off when you succeed in it or manage to achieve it:

1. Sometimes I would pull it off and other times nothing when right. 2. They were triumphant at having pulled off the deal.

2. You pull clothes off when you take them off in a hurry:

She helped him pull off his raincoat.

3. A vehicle or its driver pulls off the road when the vehicle leaves the road and parks, or joins another road:

He pulled off the main highway into a side road.


Pull on

You pull clothes on when you put them on in a hurry.


Pull out

1. A vehicle or its driver pulls out when it moves out from the side of the road, or moves to the centre of the road in order to overtake another vehicle going in the same direction.

2. A train pulls out when it leaves a station:

Just as the train pulled out of the station, a lorryload of soldiers drove in.

3. Someone pulls out of an agreement or undertaking when they withdraw from it:

1. The news that Earle had pulled out of the race left everyone aghast. 2. The Company announced its intention to pull out of Ireland.


Pull over

A vehicle or its driver pulls over when it moves closer to the side of the road, usually to park or to let other vehicles overtake:

"Pull over and park," Lorton said.