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pull in

verb 6
pull-in noun 1
forms 4

verb6

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To pull something, so that it comes inside.
- After falling out of the boat, the crew pulled him in.
•
To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.
- A car just pulled in our driveway.
•
To approach a station; to arrive at a station.
- Quick! The train's pulling in.
To tighten a sail by pulling on a rope.
•
To arrest someone; to take someone to a police station because they may have done something.
- She was pulled in for questioning.
•
To earn [money].
- He pulls in a lot of money.

pull-in noun1

(UK) A rest stop; a place at the side of a road where drivers can rest.

forms

pulled in · pulling in · pulls in · pull-ins

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