pull over

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To pull over is to steer to the roadside and stop. Indicator on, and out of the traffic.

It is what you do when a phone rings, a passenger feels ill, or a police car appears behind you. The police version is an instruction rather than a suggestion, and being pulled over is the passive form everybody knows. It works without an object. The related phrase pull in means much the same, and pull up means to stop wherever you are rather than moving aside first.

Definitions of pull over

1phrasepull overTo move to the side of the road and stop.B2
“He had to pull over and check the map.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 6 of A Man Called Ove.

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pull over

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To pull over is to steer to the roadside and stop. Indicator on, and out of the traffic.

Definitions of pull over

1phrasepull overTo move to the side of the road and stop.B2
“He had to pull over and check the map.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 6 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word