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pull up one's socks

pull up one's socks is the alternative form of pull one's socks up.

Meaning of pull one's socks up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts.
    • They're all going to pull their socks up and play a bit better.2000 October 20, Jeff Zillgitt, “U.S. dominates first day of Presidents Cup”, in USA Today, retrieved 30 Sep 2008

Forms of pull up one's socks

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

Questions about pull up one's socks

What is pull up one's socks the alternative form of?
Pull up one's socks is the alternative form of pull one's socks up.

Words near pull up one's socks in the dictionary

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

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