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Meanings of pull along in English

Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.

Synonyms
Examples for "schlep"
Examples for "schlep"
1
Yes, it's a schlep, but do it anyway and thank us later.
The South African
2
I schlep Olga four blocks to my garage, where sits my car.
Love, life and linguine
3
His wit made the schlep to New Haven almost worth it.
Every patient tells a story: medical mysteries and the art of di...
4
And why did you have to schlep those silly Cane Fu canes along?
Getting old is tres dangereux
5
Amazon is developing robots to schlep groceries and food deliveries.
Wired
1
Oh, hey, one question: How the heck did you guys shlep me all the way over here?
Moonburn
2
Well, my consciousness is being raised every time we have to shlep this damned thing up another curb.
The burglar who painted like mondrian
3
I continued to wander, my shoulder growing numb from the sheer weight of having to shlep my bag around.
Pasta Imperfect
4
(He may still buy the odd soup tureen now and again, but you wouldn't want to shlep a load of stolen silver onto a plane.
The burglar who traded ted williams
Usage of pull along in English
1
And that may help us to pull along till things get better.
Middlemarch
2
We had to pull along them some distance to find a convenient landing-place.
Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
3
Returning over old tracks, they will pull along steadily and keep a course.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
4
I can pull along somehow, if you'll give me an arm.
The Great Amulet
5
Normal soldiers would treat Wit as nothing more than a warm body to pull along.
Earth Unaware
6
And really and truly I find that by taking care I pull along very well.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2
7
If I'm not hurried, I'll pull along all day.
Hyacinth
8
I dare say we shall pull along somehow.
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
9
But he did not pull along.
Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories / Chosen and Edited By ...
10
We'll pull along by the boom a little further, and then make the best of our way on board.
Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
11
At last he was made a putter, and had, with two other boys, to push and pull along the rolleys.
Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
12
The men pull along.
The thing
13
Beside that's my mom's old ten-key adding machine, the kind with a long slot-machine handle you pull along one side.
Choke
14
I reckon we'll be able to pull along pretty well together this session and maybe others to come, eh, Senator?
Roads of Destiny
15
The tide was just low now, and they agreed to pull along at a short distance from the shore until it turned.
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War
16
We pull along on a even keel wonderfully well, Creary being a good-natured man, and as pleasant a shipmate as one could wish.
The Grey Lady
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