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Meanings of
pull down
in English
Portuguese
raspar
Catalan
arrasar
Spanish
arrasar
Back to the meaning
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
level
dismantle
raze
rase
tear down
take down
raise
Portuguese
raspar
Spanish
derribar
Back to the meaning
Cause to come or go down.
down
knock down
cut down
push down
Spanish
derribar
Synonyms
Examples for "
down
"
down
knock down
cut down
push down
Examples for "
down
"
1
Reading
down
the list they said, 'Nice', 'Real nice', 'Very nice', 'Nice'.
2
However, Evans said the opportunity was simply too good to turn
down
.
3
The deal would, however, create a customs border
down
the Irish Sea.
4
The last Labour government went quite a long way
down
this road.
5
The stock, however, remains
down
some 30 percent so far this year.
1
I mean, who wants to
knock
down
the Empire State Building now?
2
They were too weak to
knock
down
the flying crows with stones.
3
Conservationists vowed to fight the plan to
knock
down
the legendary theatre.
4
His hand when closed looked formidable enough to
knock
down
an ox.
5
Looks like they're trying to
knock
down
the gauss round, Alex said.
1
This had seen areas of woodland in parts of Europe
cut
down
.
2
Given the spaces are smaller, they also significant
cut
down
water use.
3
The deal will also help Aditya Birla
cut
down
debt, analysts said.
4
Today, 10bn more trees are
cut
down
than are planted every year.
5
The logs that the axes
cut
down
are sawed in the mill.
1
They
push
down
the pan of the scale to inhibit the post-pituitary.
2
But she couldn't
push
down
,
couldn't bring herself to make a sound.
3
There is a switch to
push
down
for turning on the appliance.
4
Hannah swallowed to
push
down
the emotion welling up from her chest.
5
Selling a stake would usually
push
down
the stock price of a company.
Usage of
pull down
in English
1
Leave me here to close the window and
pull
down
the blinds.
2
Socialism seeks to
pull
down
wealth; Liberalism seeks to raise up poverty.
3
You do not
pull
down
the throne to leave the scaffold standing.
4
Through thick and thin, he always managed to
pull
down
good grades.
5
Here are no Sampsons to
pull
down
the pillars on our heads.
6
Michael tried to
pull
down
the bedsheet; I immediately pulled it back.
7
If you do not want to be seen,
pull
down
the blind.
8
They mean to
pull
down
Wickham Place, and build flats like yours.
9
They rifle colleges to promote learning, and
pull
down
churches for edification.
10
I
pull
down
my hem to make sure it covers my butt.
11
I'm no Samson to
pull
down
the pillars on top of me.
12
Theaters
pull
down
the film and stream it to Hughes-JVC digital projectors.
13
After all, there's little to
pull
down
on in the first place.
14
The wicked shall he
pull
down
and the humble shall he exalt!
15
You'll use me as a cat's-paw to
pull
down
this inconvenient duke.
16
Wolves out to
pull
down
your young wolfhound? Lan shook his head.
Other examples for "pull down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
pull
down
pull
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
pull down
Portuguese
raspar
arrasar
demolir
Catalan
arrasar
Spanish
arrasar
derribar
tumbar
Pull down
through the time
Pull down
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common