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Phrase(s): pull in some place
[for a wheeled vehicle] to steer or drive to a point off the main route. • Let’s pull in at the next motel and get some rest. • I want to pull in at a service station and have my tires checked., Phrase(s): pull in(to some place)
to drive into some place. • A strange car just pulled into our driveway. • Some stranger just pulled in., Phrase(s): pull someone in
Go to pull someone into something; pull someone into a place.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Arrive at a destination, as in The train pulled in right on time. [c. 1900] 2. Rein in, restrain, as in She pulled in her horse, or The executives did not want to pull in their most aggressive salesmen. [c. 1600] 3. Arrest a suspect, as in The police said they could pull him in on lesser charges. [Late 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms