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pulls time

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

Words near pulls time in the dictionary

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

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