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Hasibul Alam Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Does pull up means exercise in this context?
It’s harder not to react when the cab pulls up and Oliver opens a door and motions for her to get in, but then after she does stays there, standing outside the car.
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The exercise is a pull-up, not a pull up. A vehicle is said to have pulled up when it stops at a specified spot. I wonder whether the expression comes from pulling on the reins in the old days.
- The exercise is a pull-up, not a pull up.
- A vehicle is said to have pulled up when it stops at a specified spot.
- I wonder whether the expression comes from pulling on the reins in the old days.
- That sentence is confusing to the point of not making sense, by the way.
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The exercise is a pull-up, not a pull up. A vehicle is said to have pulled up when it stops at a specified spot. I wonder whether the expression comes from pulling on the reins in the old days.
That sentence is confusing to the point of not making sense, by the way.
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