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pulled the string

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

Meaning of pull the string

Verb

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

  1. To throw an off-speed pitch, a change up, to cause the hitter to swing early and miss.

Questions about pulled the string

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

Words near pulled the string in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulled the string (page history and authors); pull the string (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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