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pull away the shoulder

pull away the shoulder verb: to turn away, refusing to listen.

Verb

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

  1. To turn away, refusing to listen.
    • And it appears from the united testimony of God and man, that sinners have always been disposed to pull away the shoulder and stop their ears, and harden their hearts under divine instructions.1828, Otis Thompson, The Hopkinsian Magazine, volume 3, page 459

Forms of pull away the shoulder

third-person singular presentpulls away the shoulder
present participlepulling away the shoulder
past participlepulled away the shoulder
pastpulled away the shoulder

Origin of pull away the shoulder

From the Bible, Zechariah 7:11 KJV: "But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear."

Questions about pull away the shoulder

What does pull away the shoulder mean?
Pull away the shoulder means to turn away, refusing to listen.
What part of speech is pull away the shoulder?
Pull away the shoulder is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull away the shoulder?
The past tense of pull away the shoulder is pulled away the shoulder.

Words near pull away the shoulder in the dictionary

  1. pull apart
  2. pull aside
  3. pull at someone's heart strings
  4. pull at someone's heartstrings
  5. pull away
  6. pull away the shoulder
  7. pull back
  8. pull back the curtain
  9. pull buoy
  10. pull buoys
  11. pull cord

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