pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpull for sb
weLet's pull for sb
youpull for sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)