pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pull sb apart
Participle: pulled sb apart
Gerund: pulling sb apart

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipull sb apart
youpull sb apart
he;she;itpulls sb apart
wepull sb apart
youpull sb apart
theypull sb apart

Perfect

Ihave pulled sb apart
youhave pulled sb apart
he;she;ithas pulled sb apart
wehave pulled sb apart
youhave pulled sb apart
theyhave pulled sb apart

Past

Ipulled sb apart
youpulled sb apart
he;she;itpulled sb apart
wepulled sb apart
youpulled sb apart
theypulled sb apart

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled sb apart
youhad pulled sb apart
he;she;ithad pulled sb apart
wehad pulled sb apart
youhad pulled sb apart
theyhad pulled sb apart

Future

Iwill pull sb apart
youwill pull sb apart
he;she;itwill pull sb apart
wewill pull sb apart
youwill pull sb apart
theywill pull sb apart

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulled sb apart
youwill have pulled sb apart
he;she;itwill have pulled sb apart
wewill have pulled sb apart
youwill have pulled sb apart
theywill have pulled sb apart

Subjunctive

Present

Ipull sb apart
youpull sb apart
he;she;itpull sb apart
wepull sb apart
youpull sb apart
theypull sb apart

Perfect

Ihave pulled sb apart
youhave pulled sb apart
he;she;ithave pulled sb apart
wehave pulled sb apart
youhave pulled sb apart
theyhave pulled sb apart

Imperfect

Ipulled sb apart
youpulled sb apart
he;she;itpulled sb apart
wepulled sb apart
youpulled sb apart
theypulled sb apart

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled sb apart
youhad pulled sb apart
he;she;ithad pulled sb apart
wehad pulled sb apart
youhad pulled sb apart
theyhad pulled sb apart

Conditional

Present

Iwould pull sb apart
youwould pull sb apart
he;she;itwould pull sb apart
wewould pull sb apart
youwould pull sb apart
theywould pull sb apart

Perfect

Iwould have pulled sb apart
youwould have pulled sb apart
he;she;itwould have pulled sb apart
wewould have pulled sb apart
youwould have pulled sb apart
theywould have pulled sb apart

Imperative

youpull sb apart
weLet's pull sb apart
youpull sb apart

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulling sb apart
youare pulling sb apart
he;she;itis pulling sb apart
weare pulling sb apart
youare pulling sb apart
theyare pulling sb apart

Perfect

Ihave been pulling sb apart
youhave been pulling sb apart
he;she;ithas been pulling sb apart
wehave been pulling sb apart
youhave been pulling sb apart
theyhave been pulling sb apart

Past

Iwas pulling sb apart
youwere pulling sb apart
he;she;itwas pulling sb apart
wewere pulling sb apart
youwere pulling sb apart
theywere pulling sb apart

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulling sb apart
youhad been pulling sb apart
he;she;ithad been pulling sb apart
wehad been pulling sb apart
youhad been pulling sb apart
theyhad been pulling sb apart

Future

Iwill be pulling sb apart
youwill be pulling sb apart
he;she;itwill be pulling sb apart
wewill be pulling sb apart
youwill be pulling sb apart
theywill be pulling sb apart

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulling sb apart
youwill have been pulling sb apart
he;she;itwill have been pulling sb apart
wewill have been pulling sb apart
youwill have been pulling sb apart
theywill have been pulling sb apart

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulling sb apart
youwould be pulling sb apart
he;she;itwould be pulling sb apart
wewould be pulling sb apart
youwould be pulling sb apart
theywould be pulling sb apart

Perfect

Iwould have been pulling sb apart
youwould have been pulling sb apart
he;she;itwould have been pulling sb apart
wewould have been pulling sb apart
youwould have been pulling sb apart
theywould have been pulling sb apart

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)