pulling up
Drawing to halt
Pulling up covers arriving somewhere, usually briefly or casually: I was just pulling up when you called.
It also means stopping a vehicle: She pulled up to the curb.
In fitness, a pull-up is an exercise where you lift your body by gripping an overhead bar.
To pull someone up is to correct or reprimand them: The teacher pulled him up for being late.
In recent slang, pulling up means showing up to confront or support: We're pulling up to the party tonight.
- uprootRemove from the ground
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- hoistRaise with tackle
- elevateTo raise upward
- craneLifter or wader
rectify · raise · amend · alongside · belly up · retrieve · extract · park · parking lot · halt · recover · chair · roll up sleeves · roll up · weeds · braking · restore · stop
- baby exercisestummy time, baby yoga, infant massage, balance exercises, push-ups
- approachingapproaching, nearing, coming, advancing, closing in
- refueling actionspumping gas, filling up, topping off, charging, recharging
pulling uppulling away
Increasing gap from others
driving off · taking off · departing · pulling out · driving away
pulling uppushing down
planting · putting in · inserting · burying · embedding
pulling upclosing out
Ending or concluding something
minimizing · closing · dismissing · shutting down · exiting