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[pull over] To drive to the side of the road and stop. * /The policeman told the speeder to pull over./ * /Everyone pulled over to let the ambulance pass./

[pull rank] , , To assert one's superior position or authority on a person of lower rank as in exacting a privilege or a favor. * /How come you always get the night duty? Phineas Leman pulled rank on me./

[pull something on one] To perpetrate something prejudicial; deceive. * /Larry pulled a very dirty trick on Ann when, after going with her for three years, he suddenly married another girl./

[pull strings] or [pull wires] , To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. * /If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull strings for you./ * /Jack pulled wires and got us a room at the crowded hotel./ - [wire-puller] * /Bill got a ticket for speeding, but his father is a wire-puller and got it fixed./ [wire-pulling] * /It took some wire-pulling to get the mayor to come to the party./

[pull the plug on] , To expose (someone's) secret activities. * /The citizens' committee pulled the plug on the mayor, and he lost his election./

[pull the rug out from under] , To withdraw support unexpectedly from; to spoil the plans of. * /Bill thought he would be elected, but his friends pulled the rug out from under him and voted for Vin./ * /We were planning a vacation, but the baby's illness pulled the rug out from under us./

[pull the wool over one's eyes] , To fool someone into thinking well of you; deceive. * /The businessman had pulled the wool over his partner's eyes about their financial position./ * /Bob tried to pull the wool over his teacher's eyes, but she was too smart for him./

[pull through] 1. To help through; bring safely through a difficulty or sudden trouble; save. * /A generous loan showed the bank's faith in Father and pulled him through the business trouble./ 2. To recover from an illness or misfortune; conquer a disaster; escape death or failure. * /By a near-miracle, he pulled through after the smashup./

[pull together] To join your efforts with those of others; work on a task together; cooperate. * /Many men must pull together if a large business is to succeed./ * /Tim was a good football captain because he always got his teammates to pull together./

[pull up] 1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop. * /He pulled up his horse at the gate./ 2. To tell (someone) to stop doing something; say (someone) is doing wrong and must stop; scold. * /Jim talked rudely to Mother, and Father pulled him up./ * /Ann said in her report that America was discovered in 1634, and the teacher pulled her up./ 3. To stop moving forward; halt. * /The car slowed down and pulled up at the curb./ 4. To come even with; move up beside. * /The other boat pulled up alongside us./

[pull up one's socks] To try to do better, either in terms of one's behavior or at a task one is performing. * /I'll have to pull up my socks if I am going to finish my work today./

[pull up short] To suddenly stop. * /He pulled up short in his red car at the corner when he saw a pregnant lady crossing./ * /When Mark saw that he was hurting Jill's feelings, he pulled up short and started to talk about something entirely different./

[pull up stakes] , To leave the place where you have been living. * /We are going to pull up stakes and move to California./ * /The Jones family pulled up stakes three times in two years./

[pull wires] See: PULL STRINGS.

[punch] See: BEAT TO THE PUNCH, PACK A PUNCH, PULL ONE'S PUNCHES, TAKE A PUNCH AT.

[punch-drunk] 1. Dazed or become dulled in the mind from being hit in the head. * /He was a punch-drunk boxer who made his living shining shoes./ 2. In a foggy state of mind; groggy. * /Mary was so thrilled at winning the contest she acted punch-drunk./ * /Mark was punch-drunk for a few minutes after he fell off his bicycle./

[puppy love] also [calf love] , The first love of very young people. * /When John and Mary began going around together in junior high school, their parents said it was just puppy love./

[pure and simple] Simply stated; basic. - Follows the noun it modifies and is used for emphasis. * /The problem, pure and simple, is finding a baby-sitter./ * /The question, pure and simple, is whether you will support me./ Compare: BOIL DOWN(3).

[purpose] See: AT CROSS PURPOSES, ON PURPOSE, TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.

[purse] See: LINE ONE'S POCKETS also LINE ONE'S PURSE.

[purse strings] Care or control of money. * /Dad holds the purse strings in our family./ * /The treasurer refused to let go of the club's purse strings./

[push around] , To be bossy with; bully. * /Don't try to push me around!/ * /Paul is always pushing the smaller children around./

[push off] or [shove off] 1. To push a boat away from the shore. * /Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off./ 2. To start; leave. * /We were ready to push off at ten o'clock, but had to wait for Jill./ * /Jim was planning to stay at the beach all day, but when the crowds arrived he shoved off./

[push on] To press forward; proceed forward laboriously. * /The exhausted mountain climbers pushed on, despite the rough weather, as the peak was already in sight./

[push one's luck] See: PRESS ONE'S LUCK.

[pushover] 1. Something easy to accomplish or overcome. * /For Howard steering a boat is a pushover as he was raised on a tropical island./ 2. A person easily seduced. * /It is rumored that she is a pushover when she has a bit to drink./

[push over] To upset; overthrow. * /She is standing on her feet very solidly; a little criticism from you certainly won't push her over./ * /The wind in Chicago can be so strong that sometimes I'm afraid I'll get pushed over./

[push the panic button] , To become very much frightened; nervous or excited, especially at a time of danger or worry. * /John thought he saw a ghost and pushed the panic button./ * /Keep cool; don't hit the panic button!/ Syn.: LOSE ONE'S HEAD.

[push-up] An exercise to build strong arms and shoulders, in which you lie on your stomach and push your body up on your hands and toes. * /At the age of seventy, Grandpa still does twenty push-ups every day./ * /The football team does push-ups every day./

[push up daisies] , To be dead and buried. * /I'll be around when you're pushing up daisies./ * /Don't play with guns or you may push up the daisies./

[put] See: HARD PUT or HARD PUT TO IT, STAY PUT.

[put about] - Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. * /When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore./

[put a bee in one's bonnet] See: BEE IN ONE'S BONNET.

[put a bug in one's ear] or [put a flea in one's ear] See: BUG IN ONE'S EAR.

[put across] 1. To explain clearly; make yourself understood; communicate. * /He knew how to put his ideas across./ Compare: GET ACROSS. 2. To get (something) done successfully; bring to success; make real. * /He put across a big sales campaign./ * /The new librarian put across a fine new library building./ Syn.: PUT OVER(2). Compare: PULL OFF.

[put all one's eggs in one basket] To place all your efforts, interests, or hopes in a single person or thing. * /Going steady in high school is putting all your eggs in one basket too soon./ * /To buy stock in a single company is to put all your eggs in one basket./ * /He has decided to specialize in lathe work, although he knows it is risky to put all his eggs in one basket./

[put a new face on] To alter the aspect of something; change. * /Mr. Merry man's announcement of his candidacy for governor puts an entirely new face on the political scene in our state./

[put an end to] or [put a stop to] 1. To make (something) end; stop; end. * /The farmer built an electric fence around his field to put an end to trespassing./ * /The principal said that running in the halls was dangerous, and told the teachers to put a stop to it./ 2. To destroy or kill. * /The new highway took most of the traffic from the old road and put an end to Mr. Hanson's motel business./ * /When the horse broke his leg, the farmer put an end to him./

[put aside] 1. To save; put something aside for a special purpose. * /Peter puts $100 aside every week./ 2. To let go of; put away. * /The teacher to the students, "Put your books aside and start writing your tests!"/

[put away] 1. To put in the right place or out of sight. * /She put away the towels./ 2. To lay aside; stop thinking about. * /He put his worries away for the weekend./ 3. To eat or drink. * /He put away a big supper and three cups of coffee./ Compare: STOW AWAY. 4. To put in a mental hospital. * /He had to put his wife away when she became mentally ill./ 5. To put to death for a reason; kill. * /He had his dog put away when it became too old and unhappy./

[put back the clock] or [turn back the clock] To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I'd give more thought to preparing for a career./ * /Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can't turn back the clock./

[put by] To save for the future; lay aside. * /He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime./

[putdown] An insult, * /It was a nasty putdown when John called his sister a fat cow./

[put down] 1. To stop by force, crush. * /In 24 hours the general had entirely put down the rebellion./ 2. To put a stop to; check. * /She had patiently put down unkind talk by living a good life./ 3. To write a record of; write down. * /He put down the story while it was fresh in his mind./ 4. To write a name in a list as agreeing to do something. * /The banker put himself down for $1000./ * /Sheila put Barbara down for the decorations./ 5. To decide the kind or class of; characterize. * /He put the man down as a bum./ * /He put it down as a piece of bad luck./ 6. To name as a cause; attribute. * /He put the odd weather down to nuclear explosions./ 7. To dig; drill; sink. * /He put down a new well./

[put forth] To produce; issue; send out. * /In the spring the apple trees put forth beautiful white blossoms./ * /The chairman of the board put forth an innovative proposal that was circulated by mail./

[put ideas into one's head] To persuade someone to do something negative; put one up to something. * /Billy would never have poured glue into his father's shoes if the neighbor's son hadn't been putting ideas into his head./

[put in] 1. To add to what has been said; say (something) in addition to what others say. * /While the boys were discussing the car accident, Ben put in that the road was icy./ * /My father put in a word for me and I got the job./ 2. To buy and keep in a store to sell. * /He put in a full stock of drugs./ 3. To spend (time). * /He put in many years as a printer./ * /He put in an hour a day reading./ 4. To plant. * /He put in a row of radishes./ 5. To stop at a port on a journey by water. * /After the fire, the ship put in for repairs./ 6. To apply; ask. - Used with "for". * /When a better job was open, he put in for it./ * /The sailor put in for time to visit his family before the ship went to sea./

[put in a word for] To speak in favor of someone; recommend someone. * /"Don't worry about your job application," Sam said to Tim. "I'll put in a word for you with the selection committee."/

[put in an appearance] also [make an appearance] To be present, esp. for a short time; visit; appear. * /He put in an appearance at work, but he was too ill to stay./ * /The president put in an appearance at several dances the evening after he was sworn in./

[put in mind of] , To remind of; suggest to; call up the memory of. * /She puts me in mind of my sister./ * /That puts me in mind of a story./