pull up

Lift to chin

To pull up is to bring something upward or to a stop.

You pull up a chair to join a conversation, pull up your socks, or pull up to a curb.

In exercise, a pull-up is raising your body by the arms from a hanging position.

To pull up information is to retrieve it: Pull up her file.

To pull someone up is to correct or reprimand them: The teacher pulled him up for being late.

lift

hoist

Raise with tackle

heave · yank · tug · upraise · winch · crane · boost · jerk · uplift · ascend

exercise

bar

Drinking establishment

  • gripSecure manual hold
  • repStanding, briefly
  • setArrange in position

lat · bicep · strength · calisthenics · gym · workout · bodyweight · hang · fitness

stop

halt

Complete sudden stop

cease · pause · idle · arrive · anchor · stall · immobilize · hold · check · arrest

vehicle

park

Public leisure grounds

idle · arrive · approach · stop · car · taxi · Uber · valet · pickup

display

show

Make something apparent

access · summon · fetch · search · screen · browser · tab · file · document · database

Categories
Opposites
vertical direction of force

pull uppush down

Apply force downward

pull down · press down · lower · pushdown · drop

vehicle motion (arrival vs. departure)

pull uppull away

Increase your lead

drive off · drive away · pull out · take off · depart

plant/object extraction vs. insertion

pull upplant

Botanical organism

put in · bury · push in · embed · insert

Family

pull, up, pulley, pulled, puller, pull-ups, pull-up

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G