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pull at

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pull at someone or something
to tug at someone or something. (See also pull at someone.) The child kept pulling at her mother to get her attention. Don't keep pulling at your hair. It will come out.
See also: pull

pull at someone

to vie for someone's attention or concern. (See also pull at someone or something.) There are too many demands pulling at me. I need to cut down on my responsibilities. I don't see how I can function with so many different things pulling at me.
See also: pull


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Next,' said Dick, handing the purl, 'take a pull at that; but moderate your transports, you know, for you're not used to it.
"Let me try," I said impatiently, for the situation of the stone, right in the angle of the corner, was such that it was impossible for two to pull at once.
Then she gave a most piteous cry, and running to me, she began to pull at me with her little hands.
 
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