pull up

1. (verb) as of vehicles or their riders; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"
Synonyms: draw up, haul up
Related Words: halt, stop

2. (verb) cause to stop; as of vehicles; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"
Synonyms: draw up
Related Words: stop

3. (verb) straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
Synonyms: draw up, straighten up
Related Words: rise, straighten

4. (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
Synonyms: deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot
Related Words: displace, move



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