PLEASE HELP! Urgent assistance required regarding the following saying: "DONT PUSH YOUR PULLEAMES"
I have been challenged to find the meaning of the following statment with a deadline fast approaching. I am unsure on the spellling of the last word but when read aloud you can sound out the word with the spelling i have provided.
The saying is: "DONT PUSH YOUR PULLEAMES"
I have no idea what this means so please help.
Thanks Bertie.
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I don't know what "pulleames" means. can you give us a context in which you might want to say this?
— Abbie1948
I don't know what "pulleames" means.
can you give us a context in which you might want to say this?
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In the Army, it actually drew a soldier's attention to a perception that he was stretching his luck too far- usually in challenging or subverting authority! Derived from the PULHEEMs test that assessed physical wellbeing- hence the inference that the behaviour could exceed safe limits physically/intitutionally.