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pull over

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Sense-dependent: some meanings take an object and split, others take none. Check the sense you mean.

How to say it

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

Link across the gap. The final /l/ of “pull” moves onto the particle and starts its syllable: “pull over” is said “pu-lover”. Pausing between the words is what makes phrasal verbs sound recited rather than spoken.

What it means

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

    • “Pull over — I think we have a flat.”
    • “A patrol car pulled him over on the interstate.”

    Similar: stop, pull in

The particle logic

over

Something is examined from above, done again, or moved across.

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More PULL phrasal verbs

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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 down

To demolish a building.

pull apart

To separate something into pieces by force.

pull over — meaning, examples & how to say it