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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Pull up

Consider the following sentence:



"Jodie’s house was near ours in Kennebunkport, and during the summers Dad would PULL UP in the boat outside her house and honk the foghorn."


In this contexto, does 'pull up' mean to 'get into'?


And could that same verb ('to pull up') be used if instead of a boat, it was a car?

  

Top answer

" In this contexto, context, does 'pull up' mean to 'get into'? No. Not at all.

— CalifJim

  • " In this contexto, context, does 'pull up' mean to 'get into'?
  • No.
  • Not at all.
  • It has nothing to do with getting in or getting out of a vehicle.
  • Your sentence suggests that Dad was traveling in the boat and stopped outside Jodie's house to signal with the foghorn that he had arrived (and possibly was ready to take on passengers for a ride in the boat).
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Christine Christie

"Jodie’s house was near ours in Kennebunkport, and during the summers Dad would PULL UP in the boat outside her house and honk the foghorn."


In this contexto, context, does 'pull up' mean to 'get into'

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