ph.
1. (车或驾车者)减速停下
When a vehicle or driver pulls up, the vehicle slows down and stops.
2. 把(椅子)拉到近处坐下
If you pull up a chair, you move it closer to something or someone and sit on it.
3. (使)突然停下;(使)猛地停住
If you pull up or if something pulls you up, you suddenly stop what you are doing.
4. 提高;改进
If someone pulls you up or if you pull yourself up, you improve your situation or your skill at something.
1. remove, usually with some force or effort
also used in an abstract sense
e.g. pull weeds
extract a bad tooth
take out a splinter
extract information from the telegram
Synonym: extractpull outpulltake outdraw out
2. come to a halt after driving somewhere
e.g. The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn
The chauffeur hauled up in front of us
3. cause (a vehicle) to stop
e.g. He pulled up the car in front of the hotel
Synonym: draw up
4. straighten oneself
e.g. He drew himself up when he talked to his superior
Synonym: draw upstraighten up