pull aside
pull aside · pulls aside · pulled aside · pulling aside
To separate from a crowd for a private conversationTo separate (someone) from a crowd for a private conversation
» He pulled aside to let a truck pass.
Він зупинився на узбіччі, щоб вантажівка змогла проїхати.
Meaning
1 sensesTo separate (someone) from a crowd for a private conversation
Examples
15 sentencesHe pulled aside to let a truck pass.
Він зупинився на узбіччі, щоб вантажівка змогла проїхати.
Tom pulled the curtain aside.
She pulled me aside.
Sami was pulled aside by a policeman.
Mennad got pulled aside by a cop.
Translations
1 languagesForms
pulls aside, pulling aside, pulled aside, pulled aside| Base form | pull aside · to pull aside |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pulls aside |
| Present participle | pulling aside |
| Past simple | pulled aside |
| Past participle | pulled aside |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- pull upпідняти, дістатиTo move or bring (something) to the present location in its upright position.
- pull offзловживати, ображатиTo remove by pulling.
- pull outмалювати, намалюватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, out.
- pull inзробити, робитиTo pull something, so that it comes inside.
- pull downвпускати, впуститиTo make (something) lower (especially of clothes).
- pull backмалювати, намалюватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back.
- pull overпідняти, дістатиTo come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).
- pull awayвідірватися, відриватисяTo move ahead.
More 8
- pull throughпоспівати, устигнутиTo come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
- pull aheadвиграти, перемогтиTo move into a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition).
- pull onTo put on (clothes) by tugging.
- pull forTo root for, support, or encourage (someone).
- pull intoSynonym of pull in (To park frontways in a parking spot)
- pull aboutTo treat crudely, meanly or harshly.
- pull apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart.
- pull asideTo separate (someone) from a crowd for a private conversation
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle