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Hi,What does the phrase in bold mean?Then you roll the head down and pull in on it.Thanks

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

AnonymousWhat does the phrase in bold mean?Then you roll the head down and pull in on it.

No idea. Whose head are you talking about? Yours?

CJ

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I'm basically interested in the meaning of 'pull in on it'.

Another example:

The handle is not solid, if we pull in on it we create "slack line" which is difficult to handle when you're a beginner.

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousI'm basically interested in the meaning of 'pull in on it'.

While that may be true, words do not occur in a vacuum, so it's rather difficult to give you anything more than a dictionary definition for the words if you don't provide a realistic context for which a more useful explanation can be given.

to pull on (something) is to hold it and exert force upon it toward yourself so that it moves toward you.
to pull in on (something) is to pull it in such a way that it moves into something or toward the inside of something.

The examples you have given do not make it clear what sort of thing has an inside part that the object would go into. You will have to figure that out yourself on the basis of the contexts in which you found these examples.

CJ

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