pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)