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pulled someone over the coals

pulled someone over the coals is the simple past and past participle of pull someone over the coals.

Meaning of pull someone over the coals

Verb

pull someone over the coals (third-person singular simple present pulls someone over the coals, present participle pulling someone over the coals, simple past and past participle pulled someone over the coals)

  1. Synonym of haul someone over the coals.

Questions about pulled someone over the coals

What is pulled someone over the coals the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled someone over the coals is the simple past and past participle of pull someone over the coals.

Words near pulled someone over the coals in the dictionary

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

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