give+a+pull
31pull down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. raze, wreck, remove; see destroy 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, . level, pulverize, raze, tear down …
32pull out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. go, depart, stop participating; see leave 1 , stop 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.… …
33pull back — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: draw back, fall back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw. Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground (or way). See FORWARD. II verb See pull …
34pull one's weight — verb do one s share in a common task Bob has never pulled his weight, and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness • Hypernyms: ↑work • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal : to do one s full share of the work in a joint enterprise …
35give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ …
36pull the rug — to render bankrupt The imagery is from causing a person standing on a mat to fall when you jerk it. The use is of a banker who declines to give more credit or a creditor who obtains judgement for a debt. Whence figuratively of unilateral… …
37pull out — our forces have begun to pull out Syn: withdraw, resign, leave, retire, step down, bow out, back out, give up; informal quit …
38pull a fast one — Synonyms and related words: bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double cross, dupe, elude, evade, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give… …
39give someone a wedgie — (Slang) pull the underwear of a person up at the back so that it is wedged in between his/her rear end …
40pull no punches — not hold anything back, not withhold anything; give as much effort as possible …
