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pull up a pew

pull up a pew is the alternative form of take a pew.

Meaning of take a pew

Verb

take a pew (third-person singular simple present takes a pew, present participle taking a pew, simple past took a pew, past participle taken a pew)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To take a seat; to sit down.
    • There are many ways of inviting a person to seat himself. The genial ‘take a pew’ of one's equal inspires confidence. The raucous ‘sit down in front’ of the frenzied pit, when you stand up to get a better view of the stage, is not so pleasant.1903, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in A Prefect's Uncle

Forms of pull up a pew

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

Questions about pull up a pew

What is pull up a pew the alternative form of?
Pull up a pew is the alternative form of take a pew.

Words near pull up a pew in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pull up a pew (page history and authors); take a pew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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