pull down

Questions about pull down

What does pull down mean?

pull down means "tear down so as to make flat with the ground". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pull down?

Close synonyms include level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pull down a common word?

pull down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.