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pulled one's finger out

pulled one's finger out is the simple past and past participle of pull one's finger out.

Meaning of pull one's finger out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.
    • You've been sitting there all week. It's time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out!
    Synonyms:
    pull finger

Questions about pulled one's finger out

What is pulled one's finger out the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled one's finger out is the simple past and past participle of pull one's finger out.

Words near pulled one's finger out in the dictionary

  1. pulled into
  2. pulled my finger
  3. pulled off
  4. pulled on
  5. pulled one over
  6. pulled one's finger out
  7. pulled one's finger out of one's arse
  8. pulled one's hair out
  9. pulled one's head in
  10. pulled one's own weight
  11. pulled one's pud

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