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pull up

Phrasal Verb with pull
 
 
/pʊl/ verb

Definition

If a vehicle pulls up, it stops, often for a short time: A car pulled up outside the bank and two men got out.
pull up a chair to move a chair nearer to something or someone: Why don't you pull up a chair and join us?
(Definition of pull up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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