pull over

Verb

Meaning

steer a vehicle to the side of the road

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

park stop arrive halt abandon draw in pull in draw up come to a stop come to a halt clear the path pull off the road move to the side of the road stop at the side of the road ask the driver to stop
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Hypernyms

point head direct guide maneuver steer

Examples

The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed Source: Internet

About 1:300 people is a cop in the US, so are we only hearing about stories where they pull over off duty cops because that gets caught or do police drive so bad that people pretending to be cops pull them over frequently? Source: Internet

A delivery truck carrying tyres and various other items was hijacked by a gang of robbers who forced the driver to pull over during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Source: Internet

Convoys were started so that multiple trucks could run together at a high speed with the rationale being that if they passed a speed trap the police would only be able to pull over one of the trucks in the convoy. Source: Internet

A portable "grappling hook" component of the worm was used to pull over (download) the main body, and the grappling hook could run on other systems, loading them down and making them peripheral victims. Source: Internet

Holland said the Nature Conservancy of Canada is asking motorists to slow down when they see a turtle on the road, and that people are encouraged to pull over if they can do so safely and give the slow movers a helping hand. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pull out of the fire pull out of the hat pull out the stops pull punches pull quote pull rank