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pulling someone over the coals

pulling someone over the coals is the present participle and gerund of pull someone over the coals.

Meaning of pull someone over the coals

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of haul someone over the coals.

Questions about pulling someone over the coals

What is pulling someone over the coals the present participle and gerund of?
Pulling someone over the coals is the present participle and gerund of pull someone over the coals.

Words near pulling someone over the coals in the dictionary

  1. pulling rank
  2. pulling round
  3. pulling short
  4. pulling short up
  5. pulling someone down a peg
  6. pulling someone over the coals
  7. pulling someone's bacon out of the fire
  8. pulling someone's chestnuts out of the fire
  9. pulling someone's fat out of the fire
  10. pulling someone's leg
  11. pulling someone's plonker

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