to pull up

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to pull up - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pull \Pull\, v. i.
     To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or
     hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
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     To pull apart, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope
        will pull apart.
  
     To pull up, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.
  
     To pull through, to come successfully to the end of a
        difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.
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