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pull in

• (of a vehicle) move to the side of or off the road.
• "he pulled in at the kerb"
Similar: stop, halt, come to a stop/halt, park, arrive, pull over, draw in, draw up,
• succeed in securing or obtaining something.
• "the party pulled in 10 per cent of the vote"
• arrest someone.
• "I'd pull him in for questioning"
Similar: arrest, apprehend, detain, take into custody, take prisoner, seize, capture, catch, take in, collar, nab, pick up, run in, bust, nail, do, feel someone's collar, pinch, nick,
Opposite: release,
• use reins to check a horse.
• "just beyond the village hall the farmer pulled in his horse"

pull-in noun

• a roadside cafe.


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