Antonyms for pulled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : poo ld

Phonetic Transcription : pʊld

Definition of pulled

Origin : c.1300, "to move forcibly by pulling, to drag," from Old English pullian "to pluck off (wool), to draw out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Low German pulen "remove the shell or husk," Frisian pûlje "to shell, husk," Middle Dutch polen "to peel, strip," Icelandic pula "work hard."
Early 14c. as "to pick, pull off, gather" (fruit, flowers, berries, leaves, petals, etc.); mid-14c. as "to uproot, pull up" (of teeth, weeds, etc.). Sense of "to draw, attract" (to oneself) is from c.1400; sense of "to pluck at with the fingers" is from c.1400. Meaning "tear to pieces" is mid-15c. By late 16c. it had replaced draw in these senses. Related: Pulled; pulling.
Common in slang usages 19c.-20c.; Bartlett (1859) has to pull foot "walk fast; run;" pull it "to run." To pull up "check a course of action" is from 1808, figurative of the lifting of the reins in horse-riding. To pull (someone's) chain in figurative sense is from 1974, perhaps on the notion of a captive animal; the expression was also used for "to contact" (someone), on the notion of the chain that operates a signaling mechanism.
To pull (someone's) leg is from 1882, perhaps on notion of "playfully tripping" (cf. pull the long bow "exaggerate," 1830, and pulling someone's leg also sometimes was described as a way to awaken a sleeping person in a railway compartment, ship's berth, etc.). Thornton's "American Glossary" (1912) has pull (n.) "a jest" (to have a pull at (someone)), which it identifies as "local" and illustrates with an example from the Massachusetts "Spy" of May 21, 1817, which identifies it as "a Georgian phrase." To pull (one's) punches is from 1920 in pugilism, from 1921 figuratively. To pull in "arrive" (1892) and pull out "depart" (1868) are from the railroads.
To pull (something) off "accomplish, succeed at" is originally in sporting, "to win the prize money" (1870). To pull (something) on (someone) is from 1916; to pull (something) out of one's ass is Army slang from 1970s. To pull rank is from 1919; to pull the rug from under (someone) figuratively is from 1946.

verb drawing something with force
verb attract

Example sentences :

That's why he pulled up his hoss and waited for Allister to make the first move for his gun.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Everybody else said that Dozier was the best man that ever pulled a gun out of leather.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He ran and pulled some grass and proceeded to rub the Major down.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Suddenly the door is pulled open with a jerk and our enemy leaps in.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

As he spoke, he went to the window, and pulled the heavy draperies close.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

In the next instant he had stepped within the room and pulled to the door behind him.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

At the foot of the stairs, Schwitter pulled himself together.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

After a time she heard the voice of her mother calling, and it pulled at her heart.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

I have just pulled them off, so that you should not have them on.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

He pulled his watch from the pocket of his vest, hanging on the bedpost.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Synonyms for pulled

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