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pulled the shutters down

pulled the shutters down is the simple past and past participle of pull the shutters down.

Meaning of pull the shutters down

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To shut down, terminate, or ignore.
    • There are times when we have to pull the shutters down on all the irritating aspects of our lives and retreat into the peace and quiet of our own inner dreamworld where the sun is shining and we are doing our own thing.1987, Eric Taylor, Be Fit Through Your Forties, page 68

Questions about pulled the shutters down

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

Words near pulled the shutters down in the dictionary

  1. pulled the other leg
  2. pulled the pin
  3. pulled the plug
  4. pulled the rug
  5. pulled the rug out from under
  6. pulled the shutters down
  7. pulled the string
  8. pulled the trigger
  9. pulled the wires
  10. pulled the wool over someone's eyes
  11. pulled through

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