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pulled short

pulled short is the simple past and past participle of pull short.

Meaning of pull short

Verb

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

  1. (dated, intransitive, horse riding) To stop a horse in front of a person or establishment; to pull up.
    • next thing I seen was he pulled short right in front of us1896, Court of Appeals, Mutuality, Mystery, and Mentorship in Higher Education, page 66
    Synonyms:
    pull short up

Questions about pulled short

What is pulled short the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled short is the simple past and past participle of pull short.

Words near pulled short in the dictionary

  1. pulled over
  2. pulled pork
  3. pulled punches
  4. pulled rank
  5. pulled round
  6. pulled short
  7. pulled short up
  8. pulled someone down a peg
  9. pulled someone over the coals
  10. pulled someone's bacon out of the fire
  11. pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire

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