pull up
Meanings
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.
- To lift upwards or vertically.
- To pull forward.
- To raise the nose of an aircraft.
- To fetch for display on a screen.
- To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.
- To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to.
- To cause (a horse) to stop when riding.
- To cause (a person or vehicle) to stop.
- To admonish or criticize someone for their actions.
- To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins).
- To improve; to get better; to lift one's game.
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