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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

To pull somebody up

Hello,

What is the meaning of pull up in this sentence.

When two young German girls, rushed to the truck and in desperation began to climb on it the American guards pulled them up. The Russians did not like this.

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Here it means that the American soldiers pulled the girls into the truck. It is not an idiomatic phrasal verb.

— Mister Micawber

  • Here it means that the American soldiers pulled the girls into the truck.
  • It is not an idiomatic phrasal verb.
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Here it means that the American soldiers pulled the girls into the truck. It is not an idiomatic phrasal verb.
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Excuse me, Mr Micawber,

But how can we feel that 'pull up' here is not a phrasal verb? Just from context?

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Yes, you must understand what is being said.

The car was pulled up at the gas station.

The car was pulled up the hill.
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