Pull in, pull out, pull up, pull over, pull off… what’s the difference between the phrasal verbs wit

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Pull in, pull out, pull up, pull over, pull off… what’s the difference between the phrasal verbs with “pull”? Surprisingly, most of these verbs have to do with the topic of transportation, but each one refers to a different kind of movement that we can talk about when driving a car or taking the train. Keep reading to find the definitions of these phrasal verbs and an example with each one!

Take note of the meanings of these five phrasal verbs with “pull” in English:

🔹pull in/into = if a train pulls into a station (or just pulls in, without the word “station”), it arrives at the station. And if we’re driving a car, we can pull into a specific place, like a parking lot, a parking space, a drive-thru, and a gas station, etc., and this means that we are driving into this specific place:

As soon as he pulled into the parking lot, he parked in a space close to the store.

🔹pull out (of) = if a train pulls out of a station, it leaves the station, and if we pull out of a specific place with our car, we drive our car OUT of this specific place:

He got into an accident because he wasn’t looking when he was pulling out of the parking spot.

🔸Also, if someone pulls out of a plan or an event, they decide that they aren’t going to participate in it anymore:
We couldn’t go on the trip to France because almost everyone pulled out of it last minute.

🔹pull up = if you pull up to a place in your car, you stop your car at this place.

I asked him to pull up in front of the grocery store so I could quickly get in the car.

🔹pull over = if you pull over when driving a car, that means that you move your car to the side of the road and stop there:

When she told me she wasn’t feeling well, I pulled over immediately so she could throw up.

🔹pull off = if you pull something off, that means that you successfully manage to do something that was difficult to do or is surprising:

It’s impressive that they were able to pull off the event with such a small budget.

Now, practice using these phrasal verbs in the comments below!

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