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pull up

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pull someone or something up
to drag or haul someone or something upward or to an upright position. Bob had slipped down into the creek, so I reached down and pulled him up. I pulled up Bob and nearly fell in myself. Nick pulled the cushion up and propped it against the back of the sofa.
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pull something up (out of something)

to draw something upward out of something. The worker pulled a cold wet dog up out of the pond. He pulled up the dog out of the pond.
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pull up something also pull something up
to get information from a computer Police can now pull up your driving record on the computer in their car. He asked me for those files yesterday and I still haven't pulled them up.
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