pulling (verb)
31wrest — verb /rɛst/ a) To pull or twist violently. There was one of the tribe of Tarzan who questioned his authority, and that was Terkoz, the son of Tublat, but he so feared the keen knife and the deadly arrows of his new lord that he confined the… …
32get stuck into — verb a) Get busy with; become occupied with; become immersed in. After pulling our boat up the beach there wasn’t much to do but collapse onto the sand and get stuck into some serious drinking. b) To start eating. If you really want to get stuck… …
33fill one's hand — verb To draw ones handgun, especially for an armed confrontation. Now everybody fill his hand! shouted Mr. Hickok, pulling his 8 inch six shooters …
34heigh-ho — verb To chant heigh ho , a cadence count used for synchronized walking, marching, pulling, lifting, etc. 1927 Porterfield, William M. Bamboo and its uses in China, Chinese Government Bureau of Economic Information, Booklet Series 2, p40. Cited in …
35pull apart — verb to open something by pulling on various parts of it …
36pull back — verb a) To pull in a backwards direction Central African armed forces (FACA) troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said. b) To retreat Her nightgown was thin, and she felt chilly as… …
37draw — verb (past drew; past participle drawn) 1》 produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper. ↘trace or produce (a line) on a surface. 2》 pull or drag (a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind. ↘pull or move (something)… …
38tuck — verb 1》 push, fold, or turn under or between two surfaces or into a confined space: he tucked his shirt into his trousers. ↘(tuck someone in/up) settle someone in bed by pulling the edges of the bedclothes firmly under the mattress. 2》 (tuck… …
39trundle — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to move slowly along on wheels, or to make something do this by pushing or pulling it: Two large wagons trundled by …
40wrestle — verb 1 (I, T) to fight someone by holding onto them and pulling or pushing them (+ with): The kids were wrestling with each other in the yard. | wrestle sb to the ground (=make someone fall down by holding onto them and pushing them) 2 (I, T) to… …
