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pull

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /pʊl/US /pʊl/
noun

an act of trying to make something move by taking hold of it and using force to bring it towards you

verb

to take hold of something and use force in order to move it or try to move it towards yourself

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72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters -- humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters -- sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the

Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator

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