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pull for

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pull for someone/something
to support someone or something. The crowd was clearly pulling for the home team.
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Quatermain, get Curtis round the middle and pull for dear life when I give the word.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
At the sight his own dark countenance went ashen, and with trembling lips he ordered his oarsmen to pull for the open sea.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
They'll crack old Tony on the skull, And preach and roar like Bashan bull, Or braying ass, of mischief full, Then seize old Jacob by the wool, And pull for heavenly union.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
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