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pulls someone over the coals

pulls someone over the coals is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pulls someone over the coals

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

Words near pulls someone over the coals in the dictionary

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

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