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pulling time

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

Meaning of pull time

Verb

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

  1. To be sentenced to a term in prison.
    • "I don't want to pull any more time," Junior tells me, "but I wouldn't take anything in the world for the experience I ad in prison."1965, Tom Wolfe, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, page 145

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Questions about pulling time

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

Words near pulling time in the dictionary

  1. pulling the string
  2. pulling the trigger
  3. pulling the wires
  4. pulling the wool over someone's eyes
  5. pulling through
  6. pulling time
  7. pulling to publish
  8. pulling together
  9. pulling tongues
  10. pulling up
  11. pulling up on

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