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单词 pull someone up
释义

pull someone up

1Cause someone to stop or pause; check: the shock of his words pulled her up short...
  • It was the fact that student was Aboriginal that pulled me up short.
  • He pulled her up short as he spotted a buggy approaching at a reckless speed.
  • Then the minutest discrepancy pulled him up short: a menacing shape, a suspicious change in the texture of the ground, an unusual sound or perhaps the movement of some prey.
1.1British Reprimand someone: she never failed to pull us up and tell us to stop...
  • Father would quiz us constantly and if we did not know the answers, we would be pulled up sharply.
  • I wish I had pulled her up on it, rather than simply accepting it.
  • It seems strange to pull someone up for being too polished (kinda like being stopped by a cop for being too good a driver).

Synonyms

reprimand, rebuke, scold, chide, chastise, upbraid, berate, castigate, reprove, reproach, censure, take to task, tear into, admonish, lecture, lambaste, read someone the Riot Act, haul over the coals
informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, bawl out, dress down, give someone hell, give someone a talking-to, give someone a dressing-down, give someone an earful, give someone a piece of one's mind, blow up, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, give someone a row
British informal tick off, carpet, give someone a mouthful
North American informal chew out
Australian informal monster
rare reprehend, excoriate
See parent entry: pull
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