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pull over
verb
- intr (of a motor vehicle, driver, etc) to halt at the side of the road
- tr (of a police officer) to instruct (the driver of a motor vehicle) to halt at the side of the road
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Idioms and Phrases
Bring a vehicle to the side of the road; also, instruct a motorist to stop. For example, We pulled over to ask a passerby for directions , or The state trooper pulled the speeding motorist over . [First half of 1900s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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