Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).

    Can you pull over just after the post office? My house is next door.

  2. (transitive)To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.

    The cops pulled me over for speeding.

    steer a vehicle to the side of the road

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, over.

Examples

164 sentences
  1. Tom got pulled over by the police.

    Тома зупинила поліція. — deniko

    ruТома остановила полиция. — Karok

  2. I was pulled over by a policeman today.

    Сьогодні мене зупинив поліцейський. — deniko

  3. Pull over here.

    Зупиніться тут. — deniko

    ruОстановите здесь! — marafon

    deFahren Sie hier heran! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Please pull over.

    Зупиніть, будь ласка. — shanghainese

  5. Pull over right here.

    Зупиніть машину ось тут. — deniko

    ruПритормози на этом месте. — odexed

Translations

5 languages

Forms

pulls over, pulling over, pulled over, pulled over
Base formpull over · to pull over
3rd person singularpulls over
Present participlepulling over
Past simplepulled over
Past participlepulled over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypull over
he, she, itpulls over

Past simpleLesson

all personspulled over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pulled over
he, she, ithas pulled over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pull over

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
for a vehicle, to come to a stop and turn off the road:pull up

Word family

1 related words
DerivedpulloverB1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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