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pull someone over the coals

pull someone over the coals verb: synonym of haul someone over the coals.

Verb

pull someone over the coals (third-person singular simple present pulls someone over the coals, present participle pulling someone over the coals, simple past and past participle pulled someone over the coals)

  1. Synonym of haul someone over the coals.

Synonyms of pull someone over the coals

Forms of pull someone over the coals

third-person singular presentpulls someone over the coals
present participlepulling someone over the coals
past participlepulled someone over the coals
pastpulled someone over the coals

Questions about pull someone over the coals

What does pull someone over the coals mean?
Pull someone over the coals means synonym of haul someone over the coals.
What part of speech is pull someone over the coals?
Pull someone over the coals is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull someone over the coals?
The past tense of pull someone over the coals is pulled someone over the coals.

Words near pull someone over the coals in the dictionary

  1. pull short up
  2. pull shot
  3. pull shots
  4. pull someone down a peg
  5. pull someone off the ceiling
  6. pull someone over the coals
  7. pull someone's bacon out of the fire
  8. pull someone's chain
  9. pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
  10. pull someone's fat out of the fire
  11. pull someone's leg

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