pull-up

or pull·up

[ pool-uhp ]

noun

1. an exercise consisting of chinning oneself, as on a horizontal bar attached at each end to a doorpost.
2. a flight maneuver in which an aircraft climbs sharply from level flight.

pull up

verb

1. tr to remove by the roots
2. often foll bywith or on to move level (with) or ahead (of) or cause to move level (with) or ahead (of), esp in a race
3. to stop
4. tr to rebuke

noun

1. an exercise in which the body is raised up by the arms pulling on a horizontal bar fixed above the head
2. old-fashioned.
   a roadside café

Word History and Origins

Origin of pull-up¹

First recorded in 1850–55; noun use of verb phrase pull up

Example Sentences

But Agnes is especially lethal in a scene where she simply pulls up an incriminating file on her computer, leaves it onscreen and silently darts out so Lawrence can peer at it.

From Salon

"I pulled up, got out of the car, and then from just in front of me, Gareth leapt out from the shadows, shotgun up at my chest," she said.

From BBC

Worn down by all that running, Foster pulled up with cramps on what should have been a long touchdown run.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearing their destination, the excited couple were unable to find the dome and Samantha pulled up to a pub to ask for directions to what she assumed would be a local landmark.

From BBC

“Lessons” include singing scales with one’s hands in the air, dropping on the high note, or bending forward and being pulled up by the ascension of notes.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• arrive
• brake
• pause