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pulled teeth

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

Meaning of pull teeth

Verb

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

  1. To extract teeth, usually because they are decayed or damaged.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To do something that is especially difficult or effortful.
    • You will probably have to pull teeth to get a straight answer from a car salesman.

Questions about pulled teeth

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

Words near pulled teeth in the dictionary

  1. pulled someone's fat out of the fire
  2. pulled someone's leg
  3. pulled someone's plonker
  4. pulled someone's plumes
  5. pulled strings
  6. pulled teeth
  7. pulled the fire alarm
  8. pulled the football
  9. pulled the ladder up after oneself
  10. pulled the ladder up behind oneself
  11. pulled the long bow

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