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pull about

pull about verb: to treat crudely, meanly or harshly.

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To treat crudely, meanly or harshly.

Forms of pull about

third-person singular presentpulls about
present participlepulling about
past participlepulled about
pastpulled about

Questions about pull about

What does pull about mean?
Pull about means to treat crudely, meanly or harshly.
What part of speech is pull about?
Pull about is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull about?
The past tense of pull about is pulled about.

Words near pull about in the dictionary

  1. pull a rabbit from a hat
  2. pull a rabbit out of a hat
  3. pull a sickie
  4. pull a train
  5. pull a vanishing act
  6. pull about
  7. pull ahead
  8. pull an all-nighter
  9. pull an oar
  10. pull apart
  11. pull aside

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