pull sb down
UK old-fashioned — phrasal verb with pull /pʊl/ verbDefinition
› If an illness or a difficult situation or experience pulls you down, it makes you feel unhappy or physically weak: That virus she had two months ago really pulled her down - she still hasn't fully recovered.Making people sad, shocked and upset
(Definition of pull sb down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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