"pull up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-pull up.ogg [Australia] Forms: pulls up [present, singular, third-person], pulling up [participle, present], pulled up [participle, past], pulled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull up (third-person singular simple present pulls up, present participle pulling up, simple past and past participle pulled up)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.
    (transitive, intransitive) To lift upwards or vertically.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (lift vertically): изтеглям (iztegljam) (Bulgarian), kuspi (Esperanto), soulever (French), tarraing suas (Irish), 引き上げる (hikiageru) (Japanese), kōwhiti (Maori), podciągać [imperfective] (Polish), podciągnąć [perfective] (Polish), puxar para cima (Portuguese), alzar (Spanish), levantar (Spanish), дістава́ти (distaváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), діста́ти (distáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), витяга́ти (vytjaháty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́тягти (výtjahty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), підніма́ти (pidnimáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), підня́ти (pidnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-8yghdnwb Disambiguation of 'lift vertically': 37 2 4 0 0 12 1 0 1 16 20 7
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.
    To pull forward.
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-zCmzhNG-
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.
    (intransitive, aviation) To raise the nose of an aircraft.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-9qnts249 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (idiomatic) To fetch for display on a screen. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-dxG~jlCT
  5. (idiomatic, especially of a vehicle) To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point. Tags: especially, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-cVHOBkYG
  6. (idiomatic, especially of a vehicle) To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.
    (by extension, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to.
    Tags: broadly, especially, idiomatic, slang Synonyms: meet up, roll up, link up [slang], reach [slang]
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-wpF~gxiT Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
  7. (idiomatic) To cause (a horse) to stop when riding. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-EdGK4TNY
  8. (idiomatic) To cause (a person) to stop. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-2rPyA63K
  9. (idiomatic, British) To admonish or criticize someone for their actions. Tags: British, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-5xjuj~mN Categories (other): British English
  10. (transitive, horse racing) To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins). Tags: transitive Categories (lifeform): Horse racing
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-MxP2D-M7 Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
  11. (rare) To improve; to get better; to lift one's game. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-EsLcMRUP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 1 8 3 2 15 3 3 4 18 23 10 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 8 4 10 5 6 11 6 5 5 14 19 8
  12. (idiomatic, Australia) To fare after a party, an illness, or a strenuous effort; to attempt to recover. Tags: Australia, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pull_up-en-verb-XI7ihGWC Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pull up on

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Pull up a bench and have a seat.",
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        "(idiomatic) To fetch for display on a screen."
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          "text": "Pull up to that curb slowly; you don't want to scratch that other car.",
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          "ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 12",
          "text": "\"Taxi,\" he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, \"The nearest restaurant.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, page 5",
          "text": "At every station, bundles of newspapers, boxes of fish, and other commodities had to be unloaded, and, as most of the platforms are rather short, the train usually had to pull up twice.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Kesha, Tik Tok",
          "text": "I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes / Trying on all our clothes, clothes / Boys blowing up our phones, phones / Drop-topping, playing our favorite CD / Pulling up to the parties / Trying to get a little bit tipsy.",
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        "(idiomatic, especially of a vehicle) To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point."
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        {
          "text": "I'm pulling up to the club tonight, want to join?",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "2021 September 21, Tina Adkins, “September 29 is National Coffee Day! Here's some local places for the best coffee in town!”, in New Bern Sun Journal",
          "text": "You can always pull up to your favorite national chain such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts who is offering a free cup with any purchase on Wednesday or any fast food restaurant.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 9, “NBA players celebrate Klay Thompson's return after more than two years”, in ESPN",
          "text": "Staying true to form, Thompson took to Instagram on Saturday to announce his return. Sharing a clip from \"Space Jam,\" Thompson captioned the post, \"How I'm pulling up to chase [Center] tomorrow.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 13, Dave Chappelle (quoted), Sarah Grant, “'SNL': Watch Dave Chappelle on Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, and Why America Isn't Really Over Trump”, in Rolling Stone",
          "text": "Kanye's gotten into some scrapes before and normally when he's in trouble, I pull up immediately. This time I was like, you know what? Let me see what's gonna happen first.",
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        "To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.",
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        "(idiomatic, especially of a vehicle) To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.",
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          "word": "meet up"
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          "word": "roll up"
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          "word": "link up"
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          "word": "reach"
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        "To cause (a horse) to stop when riding."
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        "(idiomatic) To cause (a horse) to stop when riding."
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        {
          "ref": "2021 February 2, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 16, column 3",
          "text": "People pull me up in the street to ask if I have room for their son, daughter, sister or cousin to come down to go to school[.]",
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        "(idiomatic) To cause (a person) to stop."
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          "ref": "1992 June 24, Edwina Currie, Diary",
          "text": "At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped⁠—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted.",
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          "ref": "2014, April De Angelis, Wild East",
          "text": "My coursework began to suffer and my parents pulled me up on it and said we are not paying for you to get off your head every night.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 5, Christian Wolmar, “Scheme available to any victims of domestic abuse”, in RAIL, number 930, page 44",
          "text": "I was pulled up by a male reader who had been a victim of domestic abuse, for using the word 'women' instead of 'victims'. He rightly pointed out that men are victims of abuse too.",
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          "ref": "2016 May 19, Paul Vigna, “Barbaro's ill-fated run 10 years ago in the Preakness: A look back”, in PennLive",
          "text": "In this May 20, 2006, Barbaro is steadied a track worker as jockey Edgar Prado looks on after he pulled up the horse with a fractured right rear leg during the 131st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.",
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        "(transitive, horse racing) To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins)."
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        "To improve; to get better; to lift one's game."
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        "(rare) To improve; to get better; to lift one's game."
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          "text": "How'd you pull up this morning?",
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        }
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        "(idiomatic, Australia) To fare after a party, an illness, or a strenuous effort; to attempt to recover."
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          "text": "I pull up the lever when I want to make my car go into first gear.",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.",
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        {
          "text": "Pull up a bench and have a seat.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Pull the car up a little so you don't block his driveway.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "Pull up a little so you don't block his driveway.",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.",
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
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        {
          "text": "Terrain ahead! Pull up!",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, up.",
        "(intransitive, aviation) To raise the nose of an aircraft."
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        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
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        "physical-sciences"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "Pull up that website for me; it sounds quite interesting.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To fetch for display on a screen."
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        "(idiomatic) To fetch for display on a screen."
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "text": "Pull up to that curb slowly; you don't want to scratch that other car.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 12",
          "text": "\"Taxi,\" he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, \"The nearest restaurant.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, page 5",
          "text": "At every station, bundles of newspapers, boxes of fish, and other commodities had to be unloaded, and, as most of the platforms are rather short, the train usually had to pull up twice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Kesha, Tik Tok",
          "text": "I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes / Trying on all our clothes, clothes / Boys blowing up our phones, phones / Drop-topping, playing our favorite CD / Pulling up to the parties / Trying to get a little bit tipsy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point."
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        [
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        "(idiomatic, especially of a vehicle) To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point."
      ],
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        "of a vehicle"
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        "idiomatic"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English idioms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I'm pulling up to the club tonight, want to join?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 21, Tina Adkins, “September 29 is National Coffee Day! Here's some local places for the best coffee in town!”, in New Bern Sun Journal",
          "text": "You can always pull up to your favorite national chain such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts who is offering a free cup with any purchase on Wednesday or any fast food restaurant.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 9, “NBA players celebrate Klay Thompson's return after more than two years”, in ESPN",
          "text": "Staying true to form, Thompson took to Instagram on Saturday to announce his return. Sharing a clip from \"Space Jam,\" Thompson captioned the post, \"How I'm pulling up to chase [Center] tomorrow.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 13, Dave Chappelle (quoted), Sarah Grant, “'SNL': Watch Dave Chappelle on Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, and Why America Isn't Really Over Trump”, in Rolling Stone",
          "text": "Kanye's gotten into some scrapes before and normally when he's in trouble, I pull up immediately. This time I was like, you know what? Let me see what's gonna happen first.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.",
        "To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, especially of a vehicle) To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.",
        "(by extension, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to."
      ],
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        "of a vehicle"
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          "word": "meet up"
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          "word": "roll up"
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          "word": "link up"
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          "word": "reach"
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        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a horse) to stop when riding."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To cause (a horse) to stop when riding."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        "English idioms",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 2, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 16, column 3",
          "text": "People pull me up in the street to ask if I have room for their son, daughter, sister or cousin to come down to go to school[.]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a person) to stop."
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        "(idiomatic) To cause (a person) to stop."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1992 June 24, Edwina Currie, Diary",
          "text": "At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped⁠—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, April De Angelis, Wild East",
          "text": "My coursework began to suffer and my parents pulled me up on it and said we are not paying for you to get off your head every night.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 5, Christian Wolmar, “Scheme available to any victims of domestic abuse”, in RAIL, number 930, page 44",
          "text": "I was pulled up by a male reader who had been a victim of domestic abuse, for using the word 'women' instead of 'victims'. He rightly pointed out that men are victims of abuse too.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To admonish or criticize someone for their actions."
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        "(idiomatic, British) To admonish or criticize someone for their actions."
      ],
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "en:Horse racing"
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        {
          "ref": "2016 May 19, Paul Vigna, “Barbaro's ill-fated run 10 years ago in the Preakness: A look back”, in PennLive",
          "text": "In this May 20, 2006, Barbaro is steadied a track worker as jockey Edgar Prado looks on after he pulled up the horse with a fractured right rear leg during the 131st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins)."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, horse racing) To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins)."
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "To improve; to get better; to lift one's game."
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          "get better"
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        "(rare) To improve; to get better; to lift one's game."
      ],
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        "rare"
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "How'd you pull up this morning?",
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        "To fare after a party, an illness, or a strenuous effort; to attempt to recover."
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, Australia) To fare after a party, an illness, or a strenuous effort; to attempt to recover."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztegljam",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "изтеглям"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "kuspi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "soulever"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "tarraing suas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikiageru",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "引き上げる"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "kōwhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podciągać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podciągnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "puxar para cima"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "alzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "word": "levantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "distaváty",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дістава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "distáty",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "діста́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vytjaháty",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "витяга́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výtjahty",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́тягти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidnimáty",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "підніма́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidnjáty",
      "sense": "lift vertically",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "підня́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pull up"
}

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