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Meaning of pull over | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).
    idiomatic, intransitive
  2. To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.
    transitive
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, over.

Equivalents

Deutsch heranziehen
Español detenerse en la banquina hacerse a un lado orillar parar pararse en el hombrillo
Suomi pysähtyä pysäyttää
Français s'arrêter sur le côté de la route se ranger sur le côté de la route
Galego parar
Magyar félreáll leint megállít
Italiano accostare
日本語 車を止める 車を路肩に寄せる 道の脇に寄せる 道の脇に寄る 道路脇に止めさせる
한국어 길가-에 정차시키다 길가-에 정차하다
Português encostar
Română trage pe dreapta
Svenska dra över
Türkçe çekmek çevirmek durmak yanaşmak
Українська п'ясти

Examples

“Can you pull⟳ over just after the post⟳ office? My house is next door.”
“The cops pulled me over for speeding.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pull punches pull rank pull request pull requested pull requesting pull requests

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