PHRASAL VERBS WITH PULL (+QUIZ) - Pull up, pull out, pull over, pull though

Welcome back to JForrestEnglish Training, your  place to become a fluent, confident English  

speaker. Of course I'm Jennifer and today you're  going to learn all the phrasal verbs that you  

need to know with PULL. And make sure you watch  right until the end because I'm going to quiz you  

to make sure you know how to use all your  new phrasal verbs. Let's get started.  

To pull off a task. When you pull off  a task, it means that you successfully  

completed a difficult task. For example,  let's say that your boss asked your team  

to double their sales by the end of the month.  That's a difficult task. So you might say,  

I don't know how we'll pull this off. How we'll  accomplish complete this difficult task. I don't  

know how we'll pull this off. But let's say  you do double your sales, after you can say,  

I can't believe we pulled it off. I can't believe  we did it. We completed this difficult task. And  

often to reassure someone when they're completing  a difficult task, you can say, don't worry, I know  

you'll pull it off. You'll pull it off, you'll  achieve, you'll complete this difficult task.  

To pull up a document. This is a must know  phrasal verb because when you pull up a document,  

you make that document visible on your  device. It could be a computer, laptop, phone,  

tablet, it doesn't matter. But it has to be a  device. So if you're in a meeting, you might say,  

give me a second to pull up that report. Give me a  second to make that report visible on the screen.  

Now you can also use this with social situations.  You might be having coffee with a friend and then  

you pull up some vacation photos. You make those  photos visible on your screen. And you share them  

with your friends. And it's very common to hear  this when you're calling any sort of customer  

support or client support. Let's say you're making  a dentist appointment. They're going to first say,  

can I have your name, please? And then they'll  say, give me a second to pull up your file.  

Because on your file is all the important  information, but they need to make that file  

visible on their screen. Pull up. Now we also use  pull up with vehicles. So if you're driving and  

you want to pull up to a store, it means you're  going to slowly approach that store. Now you may  

or may not stop. You may just slowly approach that  store, read their hours of operation and then keep  

driving. Or you may pull up to that store, slowly  approach the store and stop your car. Here's an  

example of me pulling up to my mailbox. So notice  how I slowly approach my mailbox. I'm seeing if  

there's any mail. But notice I don't stop. I  keep going. Don't confuse this with pull over,  

because you can also pull your vehicle over.  Now when you pull over, it means you're driving  

and you bring your vehicle to the side of the  road and you stop. So you always stop when you  

pull over. So if you're in a taxi or an Uber,  you might say, oh you can pull over by the green  

house. You can take the car to the side  of the road and stop by the green house.  

Now we also use this with the police, because if  you're driving and you hear a siren behind you,  

well you have to pull over. You have to bring your  car to the side of the road and come to a complete  

stop. So here you can see me pulling over  next to the mailbox. I'm coming to a complete  

stop. Now you can also pull in and out of a  parking spot, or a garage or some enclosed  

space for your vehicle. So when you enter  the parking spot or garage, you're pulling  

in. I'm pulling into my garage. And  when you exit, you're pulling out,  

you're pulling out of the parking spot, or  pulling out of the garage. So you might say,  

make sure you look both ways before you pull out.  Or this is a tight space, make sure you pull in  

slowly or carefully. So here you can see I'm  pulling into my driveway which is a confined  

space. And now you can see I'm pulling out of my  driveway. We also use pull in and out for a chair.  

So when you bring the chair closer to the table,  you're pulling the chair in. When you bring your  

chair farther away from the table, you're pulling  your chair out. So if you're in a busy restaurant  

and you're trying to pass by someone, you might  say, oh, excuse me, can you pull in your chair so  

I can pass by? Can you bring your chair closer to  the table so there's more room for me to pass by.  

Or if you're too close to the table then you need  to pull your chair out. And traditionally men will  

pull out the chair for a woman to have a seat.  Maybe that's a little old fashioned these days.  

Now you can also pull out of an event, and  that means you withdraw from that event. So  

you no longer participate. And that event can be a  race or competition or even an election. So let's  

say there's a competition for a position at your  company. And there are five people competing for  

this one position. Now maybe Sarah decides to pull  out. She pulls out of the competition, which means  

she's no longer trying to get that position. She  withdraws from the competition. Or maybe you're  

competing in a marathon. You hurt your leg the  week before so you have to pull out of the race.  

You can also pull something apart, which means  something is hole and then you separate it  

into individual pieces, which is to pull apart. So  something simple like an orange or a grapefruit,  

that has individual pieces. You can  pull it apart. You can also pull apart  

electronics or more complicated things as well.  To pull oneself together. This is a great one.  

This means to regain your composure after you're  upset, worried, anxious or in an extreme emotional  

state. And to regain your composure just simply  means to calm down. So if you're really agitated,  

maybe you got pulled over by the police and  your heart is beating so fast and you're really  

anxious. Your friend in the passenger  seat might say, pull yourself together,  

pull yourself together, which is another way to  say calm down, regain your composure. So go from  

really anxious to calm. Pull yourself together. To  pull through means to survive or to successfully  

recover from an illness. So we use this in a  health context. So let's say that Greg had a major  

heart attack. But thankfully he pulled through,  he survived that major heart attack. Now let's say  

Greg has that major heart attack, and then he's  in the hospital. You talk to the doctor and the  

first thing you're going to say is, is Greg going  to pull through? Is he going to pull through?  

Is he going to survive? Is he going to recover?  The doctor might say, I think he'll pull through.  

Or maybe, it's too soon to tell if he'll pull  through. And finally, to pull together. This is  

when you work together as a team. So remember  that team had to double their sales by the end  

of the month. Well they pulled together to pull  it off, to complete that difficult challenge.  

And after the boss might say, I'm really impressed  by how your team pulled together. It's amazing  

that everyone pulled together to pull it off. Now  you know the most common phrasal verbs with PULL.  

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