pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpull in sb
weLet's pull in sb
youpull in sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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