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pull the wool over someone's eyesTo deceive (someone).Rate it:

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pull throughA length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.Rate it:

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pull up a chairUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, chair.Rate it:

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pull up a chairTo sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.Rate it:

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pull up a floorUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, floor.Rate it:

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pull up a floorSit down on a floor.Rate it:

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pull up stakesTo prepare to move one's usually temporary habitation, especially rapidly.Rate it:

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Pull up StakesLeaving one’s job, home or country to another place that offers better thingsRate it:

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pull up stumpsTo cease doing something, at least for the day.Rate it:

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Pull Your LegTo tease someone by making fun of him or her.Rate it:

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Pull Yourself TogetherTo calm down or settle after bring frustrated or, to control one’s emotions and angerRate it:

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the whistle does not pull the trainAlternative form of it's not the whistle that pulls the train.Rate it:

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rip offTo pull off by ripping.Rate it:

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ball upTo hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.Rate it:

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cook offTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.Rate it:

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pick atTo touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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yank offTo remove something, like a piece of cloth or bread, by tearing it with one quick strong pull.Rate it:

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apron stringOne of the pair of strings or narrow sewn cloth strips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.Rate it:

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draw backTo pull something back or apart.Rate it:

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hike upTo lift; to tug or pull upwards.Rate it:

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lucky dipA game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.Rate it:

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root upTo dig or pull up by the roots; to deracinate.Rate it:

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yank outTo remove something like a nail, or a tooth with one quick strong pull.Rate it:

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stretchTo pull tight.Rate it:

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bridgeThe piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.Rate it:

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die Zelte abbrechento pull up stakesRate it:

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dragTo pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.Rate it:

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draw togetherTo cause to seek emotional support from each other; to cause to pull together or come together.Rate it:

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drop trowto pull down one's trousers (pants)Rate it:

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hitch upTo pull or raise with a jerk.Rate it:

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il ne faut prendre de son ami tout ce qu'on peutFriends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.Rate it:

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il tient la caisse(lit.) He keeps the cash account; (fig.) He holds the purse-strings.Rate it:

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j'ai barres sur luiI have an advantage over him; I have the whip-hand (the pull) over him.Rate it:

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jemandem das Fell über die Ohren ziehento pull the wool over someone's eyesRate it:

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jemandem Sand in die Augen streuento pull the wool over someone's eyesRate it:

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mettre un homme en pourpointTo pull a man’s cloak off; To ruin a man.Rate it:

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pellere nervos in fidibusto strike the strings of the lyre.Rate it:

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shuck downto pull down forcefully.Rate it:

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take down a pegAlternative form of pull down a peg.Rate it:

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tear offTo rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.Rate it:

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third stringA unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.Rate it:

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tug of wara game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.Rate it:

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whip outto pull something out with a sudden jerk.Rate it:

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