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pulling inverbpresent participle of pull in to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long bridling, checking, constraining, containing, controlling, curbing, governing, holding, inhibiting, keeping, measuring, regulating, reining (in), restraining, ruling, taming bottling (up), choking (back), holding back, mincing, muffling, pocketing, repressing, sinking, smothering, squelching, stifling, strangling, suppressing, swallowingarresting, interrupting, stoppingblocking, hampering, handcuffing, hindering, impeding, obstructinggagging, muzzling, silencing losing liberating, loosening, loosing, unleashingairing, expressing, taking out, venting to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawhe was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car apprehending, arresting, busting(slang), collaring, nabbing, nailing, nicking(British slang), picking up, pinching, restraining, running in, seizing bagging, capturing, catching, getting, grabbing, grappling, hooking, landing, snapping (up), snaring, snatching, trappingcommitting, confining, detaining, holding, immuring, imprisoning, incarcerating, interning, jailing, jugging, locking (up)binding, enchaining, fettering, handcuffing, manacling, shackling, trammeling(or trammelling)rearrestingremanding discharging emancipating, freeing, liberating, loosening, loosing, releasing, springingunbinding, unchaining |