pull in
pull
pƊl
pool
in
ÉĒn
in
/pˈʊl ˈÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pull in"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to pull in
[phrase form: pull]
01

āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāύāĻž

to attract or draw someone or something toward oneself, often due to charisma, influence, or distinct qualities
Transitive: to pull in a crowd or audience
to pull in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The celebrity was able to pull large crowds in with his magnetic presence.
āϏ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧌āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āϟāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

(of a train or bus) to arrive at a station
Intransitive
to pull in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'll meet you as soon as my bus pulls in.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ āϝāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϟāĻžāύāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to direct a vehicle to move to the side of the road or to another location where it can stop
Intransitive
to pull in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Seeing a rest area ahead, he pulled in to take a break.
āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gather or assemble people or things together
Transitive: to pull in sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The school pulled resources in to ensure the success of the charity event.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻŦā§āϝ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to obtain money
Transitive: to pull in money
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With his skills, he pulls in a high salary.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrest an individual, often for questioning
Transitive: to pull in sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detectives pulled him in after they found evidence linking him to the crime.
āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āϟāĻžāύ, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to tighten or make a gap smaller
Transitive: to pull in a gap
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the gap between the boards widened, he pulled them in with a clamp.
āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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