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pulls in

pulls in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull in.

Meaning of pull in

Verb

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

  1. (literally, transitive) To pull something, so that it comes inside.
    • After falling out of the boat, the crew pulled him in.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.
    • A car just pulled in our driveway.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To approach a station; to arrive at a station.
    • Quick! The train's pulling in.
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To arrest someone; to take someone to a police station because they may have done something.
    • She was pulled in for questioning.
  5. (idiomatic, transitive) To earn [money].
    • He pulls in a lot of money.
  6. (idiomatic, transitive) To tighten a sail by pulling on a rope.
    • pull in the main sheet

Questions about pulls in

What is pulls in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull in.

Words near pulls in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulls in (page history and authors); pull in (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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