Definition of Pull down

1. Verb. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. "The building was levelled"

Exact synonyms: Dismantle, Level, Rase, Raze, Take Down, Tear Down
Specialized synonyms: Bulldoze
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Destruct
Derivative terms: Level, Level, Razing, Razing
Antonyms: Raise

2. Verb. Cause to come or go down. "The fighter managed to pull down his opponent"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
Exact synonyms: Cut Down, Down, Knock Down, Push Down
Specialized synonyms: Submarine
Generic synonyms: Strike
Derivative terms: Downer

Definition of Pull down

1. Verb. (transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes). ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To demolish or destroy (a building etc.). ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To cause to fall to the floor ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pull Down

pull a
pull a Homer
pull a face
pull a fast one
pull a fast one on
pull ahead
pull along
pull an all-nighter
pull an oar
pull apart
pull at
pull away
pull back
pull chain
pull down (current term)
pull factor
pull factors
pull from the fire
pull in
pull in one's horns
pull my finger
pull off
pull on
pull one's finger out
pull one's head in
pull one's own weight
pull one's punches

Literary usage of Pull down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"... Torrington) 'they sav'd the fine amphitheatre there, thr -'!rd in the world, which the Germans were going to pull down to repair the fortifications, ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Salamis, Amasis haveing ordered his Men to pull down their Tents, and prepare for a March, which was noe sooner done than countermanded. nescio, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"Mortgagee of a copyhold may pull down ruinous houses, and build better, to prevent a forfeiture, [p. 480.] Surrender by mortgagee of copyhold to the use of ..."

4. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"Mr. Southey imagined he had two things to do : one, to pull down the Church of Rome; the other, to pull down the Dissenters. The Catholic critics are able ..."

5. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"Mr. Southey imagined he had two things to do : one, to pull down the Church of Rome; the other, to pull down the Dissenters. The Catholic critics are able ..."

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