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单词 pulling in
释义

pull in

verb

pulled in; pulling in; pulls in

transitive verb

1
: check, restrain
2
: arrest

intransitive verb

: to arrive at a destination or come to a stop

Synonyms

  • bridle
  • check
  • constrain
  • contain
  • control
  • curb
  • govern
  • hold
  • inhibit
  • keep
  • measure
  • regulate
  • rein (in)
  • restrain
  • rule
  • tame
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Example Sentences

a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car

Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

pulling in

verb

present participle of pull in
1
as in containing
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • containing
  • controlling
  • regulating
  • keeping
  • curbing
  • restraining
  • measuring
  • reining (in)
  • taming
  • checking
  • holding back
  • stifling
  • suppressing
  • ruling
  • governing
  • holding
  • inhibiting
  • constraining
  • bridling
  • stopping
  • choking (back)
  • bottling (up)
  • swallowing
  • interrupting
  • mincing
  • repressing
  • squelching
  • smothering
  • strangling
  • muffling
  • pocketing
  • blocking
  • impeding
  • arresting
  • silencing
  • hindering
  • sinking
  • hampering
  • obstructing
  • handcuffing
  • gagging
  • muzzling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • losing
  • taking out
  • loosening
  • liberating
  • expressing
  • venting
  • airing
  • unleashing
  • loosing
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2
as in arresting
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • arresting
  • seizing
  • running in
  • grabbing
  • picking up
  • apprehending
  • restraining
  • snapping (up)
  • detaining
  • locking (up)
  • pinching
  • capturing
  • committing
  • nailing
  • nicking
  • snatching
  • busting
  • nabbing
  • catching
  • collaring
  • jailing
  • trapping
  • grappling
  • incarcerating
  • imprisoning
  • confining
  • hooking
  • snaring
  • trammelling
  • landing
  • binding
  • bagging
  • immuring
  • holding
  • getting
  • manacling
  • interning
  • rearresting
  • handcuffing
  • remanding
  • fettering
  • shackling
  • jugging
  • trammeling
  • enchaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • discharging
  • releasing
  • springing
  • freeing
  • loosening
  • liberating
  • loosing
  • emancipating
  • unbinding
  • unchaining
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