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pulled the football

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

Meaning of pull the football

Verb

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

  1. (US, colloquial) To appear to make someone a promising offer, only to withdraw it to the detriment of the other party.
    • [see title]2013 February 10, Shea-Taylor, quotee, “Pulling the football on the push for gay rights”, in The Sun Chronicle

Questions about pulled the football

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

Words near pulled the football in the dictionary

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

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