Synonyms of pull up

pull up

verb

as in to stop

to bring (something) to a standstill

the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• halt
• catch
• stall
• check
• stay
• draw up
• hold up
• bring up
• arrest
• block
• fetch up
• still
• hold back
• hinder
• suspend
• cut off
• hold
• impede
• end
• stem
• snag
• obstruct
• dam
• turn back
• conclude
• detain
• balk
• clog
• terminate
• rein (in)
• suppress
• blockade
• discontinue
• choke off
• bottleneck
• baffle
• repress
• call
• squelch
• stunt
• squash
• staunch
• stanch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep (on)
• carry on
• run on
• continue
• keep up
• persist
• proceed
• move
• go along
• march
• advance
• progress
• follow through (with)
• push
• fare
• drive
• stir
• spur
• propel
• wend
• budge
• actuate
• goad
• impel

Examples of pull up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the video, Jin sings the tune in a parking lot under a bridge backed by a live band as skater boys and girls and other random fans pull up to check out the impromptu performance. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024

Paramedics pronounced Young dead at 12:36 p.m. Witnesses said Young was parked in a parking space in the lot when a white Honda CR-V with a temporary Kentucky license plate pulled up behind her Jeep. —Kc Baker, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024

After pulling up his camera on Hart Prairie, Richardson reported leaves this year are a duller orange-brown rather than a flaming yellow. —Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024

So the dog drinks and drinks, ignoring the horse approaching her and the sound of another airplane, this one pulling up to a gate, having touched down in the city where Brian’s mother was born. —Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024