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pulling for

pulling for is the present participle and gerund of pull for.

Meaning of pull for

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To root for, support, or encourage (someone).

Questions about pulling for

What is pulling for the present participle and gerund of?
Pulling for is the present participle and gerund of pull for.

Words near pulling for in the dictionary

  1. pulling back the curtain
  2. pulling down
  3. pulling down a notch
  4. pulling down the curtain
  5. pulling faces
  6. pulling for
  7. pulling in
  8. pulling in one's horns
  9. pulling into
  10. pulling my finger
  11. pulling off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulling for (page history and authors); pull for (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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