pull

/pʊl/7 phrasal verbs

The plain verb means to draw something toward you.

PULL has a strong driving cluster: pull over (stop at the roadside), pull out (exit a parking space or withdraw from a deal), pull up (stop the car).

Pull off is the useful figurative one — to succeed at something difficult — and pull through is to survive a crisis.

Side by side

Every PULL phrasal verb, with the one line that keeps it apart from its siblings. Tap any one to open it.

Phrasal verb	Means	How to remember it
pull overBoth	move a vehicle to the side of the road and stop	OVER = across to the shoulder.
pull outBoth2 meanings	withdraw from an agreement; drive out of a space	OUT = you exit the arrangement.
pull offSeparable2 meanings	succeed at something difficult; remove by pulling	OFF = you carried it away against the odds.
pull upBoth2 meanings	stop a vehicle; retrieve a document on screen	UP = it comes to a stop, or comes into view.
pull throughNo object	survive a serious illness or crisis	THROUGH = you came out the far side.
pull downSeparable	demolish a building	DOWN = to the ground.
pull apartSeparable2 meanings	separate by force; criticize harshly	APART = the pieces come away.

Phrasal verbs with PULL — what each one means