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pull down

Separable

The object can go before or after the particle — but a pronoun MUST go in the middle: “clean it up”, never “clean up it”.

How to say it

Stress the particle, not the verb: pull DOWN. Saying “PULL down” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.

No pause between the words. /l/ runs straight into /d/ — “pull down” is one rhythmic unit with a single stressed beat on the particle.

What it means

  1. To demolish a building.

    • “They pulled down the old cinema last summer.”

    Similar: demolish, tear down

The particle logic

down

Something decreases, collapses, settles, or gets recorded.

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More PULL phrasal verbs

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pull over

To move a vehicle to the side of the road and stop.

pull out

To withdraw from an agreement or activity.

pull off

To succeed at something difficult.

pull up

(Of a vehicle) to stop.

pull through

To survive a serious illness or crisis.

pull apart

To separate something into pieces by force.

pull down — meaning, examples & how to say it