pull on

Speech parts

1. pull on - Noun

2. pull on - Verb

Meaning

pull on (third-person singular simple present pulls on, present participle pulling on, simple past and past participle pulled on)

(transitive) To put on (clothes) by tugging.
I pulled on my winter coat before stepping out into the snow.

pull-on (plural pull-ons)

Synonym of slip-on (“garment without fasteners”)

Alternative names

pull-on

Synonyms

Examples

The essayist ... can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter philosopher, scold, jester, raconteur, confidant, pundit, devil's advocate, enthusiast. E. B. White

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us. Bell hooks

Trust is a chain that gets longer the less you pull on it. Neil Strauss

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful. Simone Weil

It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Like it has pulled it on, the way you pull on a sweater. Next to the train line, footprints were sunken to their shins. Trees wore blankets of ice. As you may expect, someone has died. Markus Zusak

See you and me, have a better time than most can dream. Have it better than the best, so we can pull on through. Whatever tears at us... whatever holds us down, And if nothing can be done, well make the best of whats around. Dave Matthews

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