pull up

1. 1.

   come to a halt after driving somewhere

   “The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn”

   “The chauffeur hauled up in front of us”

   Synonymsdraw uphaul up

   Broaderstop

   driving

2. 2.

   straighten oneself

   “He drew himself up when he talked to his superior”

   Synonymsdraw upstraighten up

   Broaderstraighten
3. 3.

   cause (a vehicle) to stop

   “He pulled up the car in front of the hotel”

   Synonymsdraw up

   Broaderstop

   driving

4. 4.

   remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

   “pull weeds”

   “extract a bad tooth”

   “take out a splinter”

   “extract information from the telegram”

   Synonymsextractpull outpulltake outdraw outrip outtear out

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerwring outdemodulatethread

Questions about pull up

What does pull up mean?

pull up means "come to a halt after driving somewhere". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pull up?

Close synonyms include draw up, haul up, draw up, straighten up, draw up. 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 up a common word?

pull up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.