pull-down

[ pool-doun ]

adjective

1. designed to be pulled down for use:

   a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.

pull down

verb

1. tr, adverb to destroy or demolish

   the old houses were pulled down

Word History and Origins

Origin of pull-down¹

First recorded in 1905–10; adj. use of verb phrase pull down

Example Sentences

Has the 4B movement managed to pull down South Korea’s birthrate?

From Los Angeles Times

A section of the public is calling for the statue - photos of which have gone viral - to be pulled down after the president leaves office.

From BBC

DiGiorgio appeared in court handcuffed, his chest bare and his jail jumpsuit pulled down to his waist.

From Los Angeles Times

On Friday, 64 years later, Alan pulled down the shutter for the final time on local retail institution AE Hartley & Son.

From BBC

“I really can’t see how the suction would be so strong that it would pull down an organ,” Vaccaro told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon