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pulling the fire alarm

pulling the fire alarm is the present participle and gerund of pull the fire alarm.

Meaning of pull the fire alarm

Verb

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

  1. To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the lever on the fire alarm pull station.

Questions about pulling the fire alarm

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

Words near pulling the fire alarm in the dictionary

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

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