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pull one's forelock

pull one's forelock verb: synonym of tug one's forelock.

Verb

pull one's forelock (third-person singular simple present pulls one's forelock, present participle pulling one's forelock, simple past and past participle pulled one's forelock)

  1. Synonym of tug one's forelock.
    • And the common people pull their forelock harder and squirm lower the higher the rent a man pays per quarter for his house.1913, Henry Lawson, “Triangles of Life”, in Triangles of Life and Other Stories

Synonyms of pull one's forelock

Forms of pull one's forelock

third-person singular presentpulls one's forelock
present participlepulling one's forelock
past participlepulled one's forelock
pastpulled one's forelock

Questions about pull one's forelock

What does pull one's forelock mean?
Pull one's forelock means synonym of tug one's forelock.
What part of speech is pull one's forelock?
Pull one's forelock is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull one's forelock?
The past tense of pull one's forelock is pulled one's forelock.

Words near pull one's forelock in the dictionary

  1. pull off
  2. pull on
  3. pull one over
  4. pull one's finger out
  5. pull one's finger out of one's arse
  6. pull one's forelock
  7. pull one's hair out
  8. pull one's head in
  9. pull one's horns in
  10. pull one's oar
  11. pull one's own weight

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