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Meanings of pulling this way in English

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Usage of pulling this way in English
1
The Empire is always shot through with a certain amount of politics and with different men pulling this way and that.
Foundation
2
Lighters were moored there, and other boats were pulling this way and that like water-beetles, vanishing and reappearing suddenly in the mist.
Cross of St. George
3
She tried to wrench herself free, pulling this way and that with more strength than might have been expected from one so slight.
The Strong Arm
4
If it's not the goat pulling this way and that, then it must be I'm still thinking of some foolishness that was said between us.
The buried giant
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