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gravity's pull

gravity's pull noun: the force of gravity acting upon an object.

Noun

gravity's pull (uncountable)

  1. (literally, rare) The force of gravity acting upon an object.
  2. (idiomatic, poetic) Stress or pressure of a situation acting upon a person.
    • Feeling Gravitys [sic] Pull1985, R.E.M., “Feeling Gravitys Pull”, in Fables of the Reconstruction / Reconstruction of the Fables
    • Call it a dark night of the soul. / Ticking the clocks, gravity's pull.2015, Cold War Kids, “First”, in Hold My Home

Origin of gravity's pull

From gravity + -'s + pull, literally “the pull of gravity”. Pull is a common collocation of the word gravity, especially as the phrasal verb pull down.

Questions about gravity's pull

What does gravity's pull mean?
Gravity's pull means the force of gravity acting upon an object.
What part of speech is gravity's pull?
Gravity's pull is a noun.

Words near gravity's pull in the dictionary

  1. gravity waves
  2. gravity well
  3. gravity wells
  4. gravity wind
  5. gravity winds
  6. gravity's pull
  7. gravity-assist
  8. gravity-assists
  9. gravity-brightening
  10. gravity-darkened
  11. gravity-darkening

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