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pull up
verb
1 pull up
Come to a halt after driving somewhere.
synonyms: draw up, haul up.
Roget 932:
disapprove;
dislike
etc.
867;
lament
etc.
839;
object to,
take exception to;
be scandalized at,
think ill of;
view with disfavor,
view with dark eyes,
view with jaundiced eyes;
nil admirari [Lat.],
disvalue†;
improbate†.
frown upon,
look grave;
bend the brows,
knit the brows;
shake the head at,
shrug the shoulders;
turn up the nose
etc.
(contempt)
930;
look askance,
look black upon;
look with an evil eye;
make a wry face,
make a wry mouth at;
set one's face against.
dispraise,
discommend†,
disparage;
deprecate,
speak ill of,
not speak well of;
condemn
etc.
(find guilty)
971.
blame;
lay blame upon,
cast blame upon;
censure,
fronder [Fr.],
reproach,
pass censure on,
reprobate,
impugn.
remonstrate,
expostulate,
recriminate.
reprehend,
chide,
admonish;
berate,
betongue†;
bring to account,
call to account,
call over the coals,
rake over the coals,
call to order;
take to task,
reprove,
lecture,
bring to book;
read a lesson,
read a lecture to;
rebuke,
correct.
reprimand,
chastise,
castigate,
lash,
blow up,
trounce,
trim,
laver la tete [Fr.],
overhaul;
give it one,
give it one finely;
gibbet.
accuse
etc.
938;
impeach,
denounce;
hold up to reprobation,
hold up to execration;
expose,
brand,
gibbet,
stigmatize;
show up,
pull up,
take up;
cry 'shame' upon;"
be outspoken;
raise a hue and cry against.
execrate
etc.
908;
exprobate†,
speak daggers,
vituperate;
abuse,
abuse like a pickpocket;
scold,
rate,
objurgate,
upbraid,
fall foul of;
jaw;
rail,
rail at,
rail in good set terms;
bark at;
anathematize,
call names;
call by hard names,
call by ugly names;
avile†,
revile;
vilify,
vilipend†;
bespatter;
backbite;
clapperclaw†;
rave against,
thunder against,
fulminate against;
load with reproaches.
exclaim against,
protest against,
inveigh against,
declaim against,
cry out against,
raise one's voice against.
decry;
cry down,
run down,
frown down;
clamor,
hiss,
hoot,
mob,
ostracize,
blacklist;
draw up a round robin,
sign a round robin.
animadvert upon,
reflect upon;
glance at;
cast reflection,
cast reproach,
cast a slur upon;
insinuate,
damn with faint praise;
hint a fault and hesitate dislike;"
not to be able to say much for.
scoff at,
point at;
twit,
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
sneer at
etc.
(despise)
230;
satirize,
lampoon;
defame
etc.
(detract)
934;
depreciate,
find fault with,
criticize,
cut up;
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
take exception;
cavil;
peck at,
nibble at,
carp at;
be censorious
etc.
adj.;
pick holes,
pick a hole,
pick a hole in one's coat;
make a fuss about.
take down,
take down a peg,
set down;
snub,
snap one up,
give a rap on the knuckles;
throw a stone at,
throw a stone in one's garden;
have a fling,
have a snap at;
have words with,
pluck a crow with;
give one a wipe,
give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.
incur blame,
excite disapprobation,
scandalize,
shock,
revolt;
get a bad name,
forfeit one's good opinion,
be under a cloud,
come under the ferule,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
take blame,
stand corrected;
have to answer for.
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Roget 938:
accuse,
charge,
tax,
impute,
twit,
taunt with,
reproach.
brand with reproach;
stigmatize,
slur;
cast a stone at,
cast a slur on;
incriminate,
criminate;
inculpate,
implicate;
call to account
etc.
(censure)
932;
take to blame,
take to task;
put in the black book.
inform against,
indict,
denounce,
arraign;
impeach,
appeach†;
have up,
show up,
pull up;
challenge,
cite,
lodge a complaint;
prosecute,
bring an action against
etc.
969;
blow upon.
charge with,
saddle with;
lay to one's door,
lay charge;
lay the blame on,
bring home to;
cast in one's teeth,
throw in one's teeth;
cast the first stone at.
have a rod in pickle for,
keep a rod in pickle for;
have a crow to pluck with.
trump up a charge.
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Roget 265:
be quiescent
etc.
adj.;
stand still,
lie still;
keep quiet,
repose,
hold the breath.
remain,
stay;
stand,
lie to,
ride at anchor,
remain in situ,
tarry,
mark time;
bring to,
heave to,
lay to;
pull up,
draw up;
hold,
halt;
stop,
stop short;
rest,
pause,
anchor;
cast to an anchor,
come to an anchor;
rest on one's oars;
repose on one's laurels,
take breath;
stop
etc.
(discontinue)
142.
stagnate;
quieta non movere [Lat.];
let alone;
abide,
rest and be thankful;
keep within doors,
stay at home,
go to bed.
dwell
etc.
(be present)
186;
settle
etc.
(be located)
184;
alight
etc.
(arrive)
292;
stick,
stick fast;
stand like a post;
not stir a peg,
not stir a step;
be at a stand
etc.
n..
quell,
becalm,
hush,
stay,
lull to sleep,
lay an embargo on.
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Roget 142:
cease,
discontinue,
desist,
stay,
halt;
break off,
leave off;
hold,
stop,
pull up,
stop short;
stick,
hang fire;
halt;
pause,
rest;
burn out,
blow out,
melt down.
have done with,
give over,
surcease,
shut up shop;
give up
etc.
(relinquish)
624.
hold one's hand,
stay one's hand;
rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels.
come to a stand,
come to a standstill;
come to a deadlock,
come to a full stop;
arrive
etc.
292;
go out,
die away;
wear away,
wear off;
pass away
etc.
(be past)
122;
be at an end;
disintegrate,
self-destruct.
intromit,
interrupt,
suspend,
interpel†;
intermit,
remit;
put an end to,
put a stop to,
put a period to;
derail;
turn off,
switch off,
power down,
deactivate,
disconnect;
bring to a stand,
bring to a standstill;
stop,
cut short,
arrest,
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
pull the check-string,
pull the plug on.
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Roget 969:
go to law,
appeal to the law;
bring to justice,
bring to trial,
bring to the bar;
put on trial,
pull up;
accuse
etc.
938;
prefer a claim,
file a claim
etc.
n.;
take the law of,
inform against.
serve with a writ,
cite,
apprehend,
arraign,
sue,
prosecute,
bring an action against,
indict,
impeach,
attach,
distrain,
commit;
arrest;
summon,
summons;
give in charge
etc.
(restrain)
751.
empanel a jury,
implead†,
join issue;
close the pleadings;
set down for hearing.
try,
hear a cause;
sit in judgment;
adjudicate
etc.
480.
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2 pull up
3 pull up
Cause (a vehicle) to stop.
synonym: draw up.
4 pull up
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.
synonyms: draw out, extract, pull, pull out, rip out, take out, tear out.
Roget 301:
extract,
draw;
take out,
draw out,
pull out,
tear out,
pluck out,
pick out,
get out;
wring from,
wrench;
extort;
root up,
weed up,
grub up,
rake up,
root out,
weed out,
grub out,
rake out;
eradicate;
pull up by the roots,
pluck up by the roots;
averruncate†;
unroot†;
uproot,
pull up,
extirpate,
dredge.
remove;
educe,
elicit;
evolve,
extricate;
eliminate
etc.
(eject)
297;
eviscerate
etc.
297.
express,
squeeze out,
press out.
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Dutch: zich terugtrekken, optrekken
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