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Phrase(s): pull someone down
Fig. to degrade someone; to humiliate someone. (See also pull someone or something down.) • I’m afraid that your so-called friends are pulling you down behind your back. • There is no need to pull down everyone., Phrase(s): pull someone or an animal down
to drag or force someone or an animal down. • The wolves pulled the hunter down and set upon him. • They pulled down the hunter., Phrase(s): pull something down
1. to demolish something; to raze something. • Why do they want to pull the building down? Why not remodel it? • They are going to pull down the old building today. 2. to lower or reduce the amount of something. • That last test pulled my grade down. • Let’s see if we can pull down your temperature with aspirin., Phrase(s): pull down (an amount of money)
Fig. Inf. to earn a stated amount of money. ("An amount of money" is expressed as a figure or other indication of an actual amount.) • She pulls down about $40,000 a year. • They pull down pretty good salaries.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Demolish, destroy, as in They pulled down several old office buildings downtown. [Early 1500s] 2. Lower, reduce; also, depress in health or spirits. For example, The bumper wheat crop is bound to pull down prices, or The flu really pulled him down. [Late 1500s] 3. Draw as wages, as in He pulled down a hefty salary. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
American Heritage Idioms