pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pull ahead
Participle: pulled ahead
Gerund: pulling ahead

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipull ahead
youpull ahead
he;she;itpulls ahead
wepull ahead
youpull ahead
theypull ahead

Perfect

Ihave pulled ahead
youhave pulled ahead
he;she;ithas pulled ahead
wehave pulled ahead
youhave pulled ahead
theyhave pulled ahead

Past

Ipulled ahead
youpulled ahead
he;she;itpulled ahead
wepulled ahead
youpulled ahead
theypulled ahead

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled ahead
youhad pulled ahead
he;she;ithad pulled ahead
wehad pulled ahead
youhad pulled ahead
theyhad pulled ahead

Future

Iwill pull ahead
youwill pull ahead
he;she;itwill pull ahead
wewill pull ahead
youwill pull ahead
theywill pull ahead

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulled ahead
youwill have pulled ahead
he;she;itwill have pulled ahead
wewill have pulled ahead
youwill have pulled ahead
theywill have pulled ahead

Subjunctive

Present

Ipull ahead
youpull ahead
he;she;itpull ahead
wepull ahead
youpull ahead
theypull ahead

Perfect

Ihave pulled ahead
youhave pulled ahead
he;she;ithave pulled ahead
wehave pulled ahead
youhave pulled ahead
theyhave pulled ahead

Imperfect

Ipulled ahead
youpulled ahead
he;she;itpulled ahead
wepulled ahead
youpulled ahead
theypulled ahead

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled ahead
youhad pulled ahead
he;she;ithad pulled ahead
wehad pulled ahead
youhad pulled ahead
theyhad pulled ahead

Conditional

Present

Iwould pull ahead
youwould pull ahead
he;she;itwould pull ahead
wewould pull ahead
youwould pull ahead
theywould pull ahead

Perfect

Iwould have pulled ahead
youwould have pulled ahead
he;she;itwould have pulled ahead
wewould have pulled ahead
youwould have pulled ahead
theywould have pulled ahead

Imperative

youpull ahead
weLet's pull ahead
youpull ahead

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulling ahead
youare pulling ahead
he;she;itis pulling ahead
weare pulling ahead
youare pulling ahead
theyare pulling ahead

Perfect

Ihave been pulling ahead
youhave been pulling ahead
he;she;ithas been pulling ahead
wehave been pulling ahead
youhave been pulling ahead
theyhave been pulling ahead

Past

Iwas pulling ahead
youwere pulling ahead
he;she;itwas pulling ahead
wewere pulling ahead
youwere pulling ahead
theywere pulling ahead

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulling ahead
youhad been pulling ahead
he;she;ithad been pulling ahead
wehad been pulling ahead
youhad been pulling ahead
theyhad been pulling ahead

Future

Iwill be pulling ahead
youwill be pulling ahead
he;she;itwill be pulling ahead
wewill be pulling ahead
youwill be pulling ahead
theywill be pulling ahead

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulling ahead
youwill have been pulling ahead
he;she;itwill have been pulling ahead
wewill have been pulling ahead
youwill have been pulling ahead
theywill have been pulling ahead

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulling ahead
youwould be pulling ahead
he;she;itwould be pulling ahead
wewould be pulling ahead
youwould be pulling ahead
theywould be pulling ahead

Perfect

Iwould have been pulling ahead
youwould have been pulling ahead
he;she;itwould have been pulling ahead
wewould have been pulling ahead
youwould have been pulling ahead
theywould have been pulling ahead

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pull'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pull'

bull, cull, dull, full, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, pall,

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. pullian "to pluck or draw out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Low Ger. pulen "remove the shell or husk." Original sense preserved in pull teeth, pull weeds, etc., by late 16c. it had replaced draw as the main word for this activity. The noun meaning "personal or private influence" is 1889 in Amer.Eng. Common verb in slang usages 19c.-20c.; to pull (someone's) chain in figurative sense is from 1980, probably on the notion of a captive animal; to pull (someone's) leg is from 1886, on notion of "playfully tripping." To pull one's punches is from 1934; pull in "arrive" is 1905, from the railroad; to pull (something) on (someone) is from 1916; to pull (something) out of one's ass is Army slang from 1970s. Pullover first recorded 1907. To pull rank is from 1923; to pull the rug from under (someone) is from 1946.
2. Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Middle Dutch polen (“to peel, strip”), Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard, beat”).
3. Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (“to pull”). See: Middle English 'pullen', Old English 'pullian', Low Saxon 'pulen', Icelandic 'púla'.

Verbs referencing "pull"

Dutch pulken.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] air, “ that this kind o ’ trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I 've seen ’ em as would pull a woman's child out of her arms, and set him up to sell, and she screechin ’ like mad all the time; — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ You go long ! I'll boun ’ you pulled ’ em out; some o ’ your shines, ” said Aunt Chloe. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] leans against the door with his hands in his pockets and stares at you, if you chance to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] cry out on ’ em ? ” said Aunt Chloe. “ Don't dey tear der suckin ’ baby right off his mother's breast, and sell him, and der little children as is crying and holding on by her clothes,—don't dey pull ’ em off and sells ’ em ? Don't dey tear wife and husband apart ? ” said Aunt Chloe, beginning to cry, “ when it's jest takin ’ the very life on ’ em ? — and all the while does they feel one bit, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ‘Well, ’ said he, starting up, and pulling off his night-cap: ‘It 's all settled at last. I have arranged it with Queen Victoria. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Tom, let the door-knob alone,—there's a man ! Mary ! Mary ! don't pull the cat's tail,—poor pussy ! Jim, you mustn't climb on that table,—no, no ! — You don't know, my dear, what a surprise it is to us all, to see you here tonight ! ” said she, at last, when she found [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements ? Not vapid, waterish amusements, but good strong stuff; dealing in round abuse and blackguard names; pulling off the roofs of private houses, as the Halting Devil did in Spain; pimping and pandering for all degrees of vicious taste, and gorging with coined lies the most voracious maw; imputing to every man [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] breath short, and stood in silence. His wife, and their only colored domestic, old Aunt Dinah, were busily engaged in restorative measures; while old Cudjoe had got the boy on his knee, and was busy pulling off his shoes and stockings, and chafing his little cold feet. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • But we forbear, out of sympathy to our readers ’ bones. Western travellers, who have beguiled the midnight hour in the interesting process of pulling down rail fences, to pry their carriages out of mud holes, will have a respectful and mournful sympathy with our unfortunate hero. We beg them to drop a silent tear, and pass on. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • BLACK DRIVER (still to the horses). ‘Jiddy! Jiddy!’ Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank; so steep, that the black driver 's legs fly up into the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • " Is the gun really loaded ? " He pulls the gun and pulls out the clip... (This Is the Zodiac Speaking)
  • ♪ As I pulled away slowly ♪ Feeling so holy ♪ God knows I was feeling alive ♪ (Eephus)
  • Somebody's gonna pull it. We got to pivot. Get in her ear. (Disclosure Day)