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Meaning of pull up the drawbridge | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To stop allowing people to join or enter; to follow a policy of isolationism.

Examples

“Near-synonym: pull up the ladder”
“The impact of migration on the economy and on social provision is the key area of contest between those who support more or less unfettered movement of labour and those who want to pull up the drawbridge.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

pull-up pull-upped pull-upping pull-ups pull'd pulled

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