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pulling the football

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

Meaning of pull the football

Verb

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

  1. (US, colloquial) To appear to make someone a promising offer, only to withdraw it to the detriment of the other party.
    • [see title]2013 February 10, Shea-Taylor, quotee, “Pulling the football on the push for gay rights”, in The Sun Chronicle

Questions about pulling the football

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

Words near pulling the football in the dictionary

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

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