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pull up a chair

pull up a chair verb: to sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.

Verb

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

  1. (imperative) To sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.
    • Pull up a chair! The meeting's about to begin.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull up, chair.
    • Please pull up a chair and sit down.
    Synonyms:
    pull up a pew

Synonyms of pull up a chair

Forms of pull up a chair

third-person singular presentpulls up a chair
present participlepulling up a chair
past participlepulled up a chair
pastpulled up a chair

Words formed from pull up a chair

Questions about pull up a chair

What does pull up a chair mean?
Pull up a chair means to sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.
What part of speech is pull up a chair?
Pull up a chair is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull up a chair?
The past tense of pull up a chair is pulled up a chair.

Words near pull up a chair in the dictionary

  1. pull to pieces
  2. pull to publish
  3. pull together
  4. pull tongues
  5. pull up
  6. pull up a chair
  7. pull up a floor
  8. pull up a pew
  9. pull up on
  10. pull up one's socks
  11. pull up short

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