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pull a lever

pull a lever verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, lever.

Verb

pull a lever (third-person singular simple present pulls a lever, present participle pulling a lever, simple past and past participle pulled a lever)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, lever.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To vote.
    • She tried to pull a lever for the mainstream candidate and it wouldn't work.2007, Mark Crispin Miller, Fooled Again
    • You may dislike much about a candidate, but God calls us to make the hard choice and pull a lever for one or the other—even if it means voting less for a candidate than against another.2020, Stephen E. Strang, God, Trump, and the 2020 Election

Forms of pull a lever

third-person singular presentpulls a lever
present participlepulling a lever
past participlepulled a lever
pastpulled a lever

Origin of pull a lever

In reference to older voting machines where a lever was pulled to vote for each candidate choice.

Questions about pull a lever

What does pull a lever mean?
Pull a lever means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, lever.
What part of speech is pull a lever?
Pull a lever is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull a lever?
The past tense of pull a lever is pulled a lever.

Words near pull a lever in the dictionary

  1. pull
  2. pull a face
  3. pull a fast one
  4. pull a few strings
  5. pull a Homer
  6. pull a lever
  7. pull a permit
  8. pull a rabbit from a hat
  9. pull a rabbit out of a hat
  10. pull a sickie
  11. pull a train

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