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pulls the football

pulls the football is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pulls the football

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

Words near pulls the football in the dictionary

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

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