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PULL IN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get or bring togetherplay

Example:

accumulate evidence

Synonyms:

collect; pull in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull in"):

archive; file away (put into an archive)

beat up; drum up; rally (gather)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributesplay

Example:

The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers

Synonyms:

attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Verb group:

draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)

curl; curl up; draw in (shape one's body into a curl)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull in"):

tug (pull hard)

arrest; catch; get (attract and fix)

draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)

bring (attract the attention of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of trains; move into (a station)play

Example:

The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station

Synonyms:

draw in; get in; move in; pull in

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):

arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)

Verb group:

close in; draw in (advance or converge on)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

pull out (move out or away)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wagesplay

Example:

He clears $5,000 each month

Synonyms:

bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "pull in" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Verb group:

make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)

clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull in"):

eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)

profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)

rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)

bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)

rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)

gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)

bear; pay; yield (bring in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They pull in the money

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