pull – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pull

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pull off sth
Participle: pulled off sth
Gerund: pulling off sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipull off sth
youpull off sth
he;she;itpulls off sth
wepull off sth
youpull off sth
theypull off sth

Perfect

Ihave pulled off sth
youhave pulled off sth
he;she;ithas pulled off sth
wehave pulled off sth
youhave pulled off sth
theyhave pulled off sth

Past

Ipulled off sth
youpulled off sth
he;she;itpulled off sth
wepulled off sth
youpulled off sth
theypulled off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled off sth
youhad pulled off sth
he;she;ithad pulled off sth
wehad pulled off sth
youhad pulled off sth
theyhad pulled off sth

Future

Iwill pull off sth
youwill pull off sth
he;she;itwill pull off sth
wewill pull off sth
youwill pull off sth
theywill pull off sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulled off sth
youwill have pulled off sth
he;she;itwill have pulled off sth
wewill have pulled off sth
youwill have pulled off sth
theywill have pulled off sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ipull off sth
youpull off sth
he;she;itpull off sth
wepull off sth
youpull off sth
theypull off sth

Perfect

Ihave pulled off sth
youhave pulled off sth
he;she;ithave pulled off sth
wehave pulled off sth
youhave pulled off sth
theyhave pulled off sth

Imperfect

Ipulled off sth
youpulled off sth
he;she;itpulled off sth
wepulled off sth
youpulled off sth
theypulled off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad pulled off sth
youhad pulled off sth
he;she;ithad pulled off sth
wehad pulled off sth
youhad pulled off sth
theyhad pulled off sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould pull off sth
youwould pull off sth
he;she;itwould pull off sth
wewould pull off sth
youwould pull off sth
theywould pull off sth

Perfect

Iwould have pulled off sth
youwould have pulled off sth
he;she;itwould have pulled off sth
wewould have pulled off sth
youwould have pulled off sth
theywould have pulled off sth

Imperative

youpull off sth
weLet's pull off sth
youpull off sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulling off sth
youare pulling off sth
he;she;itis pulling off sth
weare pulling off sth
youare pulling off sth
theyare pulling off sth

Perfect

Ihave been pulling off sth
youhave been pulling off sth
he;she;ithas been pulling off sth
wehave been pulling off sth
youhave been pulling off sth
theyhave been pulling off sth

Past

Iwas pulling off sth
youwere pulling off sth
he;she;itwas pulling off sth
wewere pulling off sth
youwere pulling off sth
theywere pulling off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulling off sth
youhad been pulling off sth
he;she;ithad been pulling off sth
wehad been pulling off sth
youhad been pulling off sth
theyhad been pulling off sth

Future

Iwill be pulling off sth
youwill be pulling off sth
he;she;itwill be pulling off sth
wewill be pulling off sth
youwill be pulling off sth
theywill be pulling off sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulling off sth
youwill have been pulling off sth
he;she;itwill have been pulling off sth
wewill have been pulling off sth
youwill have been pulling off sth
theywill have been pulling off sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulling off sth
youwould be pulling off sth
he;she;itwould be pulling off sth
wewould be pulling off sth
youwould be pulling off sth
theywould be pulling off sth

Perfect

Iwould have been pulling off sth
youwould have been pulling off sth
he;she;itwould have been pulling off sth
wewould have been pulling off sth
youwould have been pulling off sth
theywould have been pulling off sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pull'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pull'

bull, cull, dull, full, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, pall,

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. pullian "to pluck or draw out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Low Ger. pulen "remove the shell or husk." Original sense preserved in pull teeth, pull weeds, etc., by late 16c. it had replaced draw as the main word for this activity. The noun meaning "personal or private influence" is 1889 in Amer.Eng. Common verb in slang usages 19c.-20c.; to pull (someone's) chain in figurative sense is from 1980, probably on the notion of a captive animal; to pull (someone's) leg is from 1886, on notion of "playfully tripping." To pull one's punches is from 1934; pull in "arrive" is 1905, from the railroad; to pull (something) on (someone) is from 1916; to pull (something) out of one's ass is Army slang from 1970s. Pullover first recorded 1907. To pull rank is from 1923; to pull the rug from under (someone) is from 1946.
2. Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Middle Dutch polen (“to peel, strip”), Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard, beat”).
3. Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (“to pull”). See: Middle English 'pullen', Old English 'pullian', Low Saxon 'pulen', Icelandic 'púla'.

Verbs referencing "pull"

Dutch pulken.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] air, “ that this kind o ’ trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I 've seen ’ em as would pull a woman's child out of her arms, and set him up to sell, and she screechin ’ like mad all the time; — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ You go long ! I'll boun ’ you pulled ’ em out; some o ’ your shines, ” said Aunt Chloe. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] leans against the door with his hands in his pockets and stares at you, if you chance to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] cry out on ’ em ? ” said Aunt Chloe. “ Don't dey tear der suckin ’ baby right off his mother's breast, and sell him, and der little children as is crying and holding on by her clothes,—don't dey pull ’ em off and sells ’ em ? Don't dey tear wife and husband apart ? ” said Aunt Chloe, beginning to cry, “ when it's jest takin ’ the very life on ’ em ? — and all the while does they feel one bit, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ‘Well, ’ said he, starting up, and pulling off his night-cap: ‘It 's all settled at last. I have arranged it with Queen Victoria. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Tom, let the door-knob alone,—there's a man ! Mary ! Mary ! don't pull the cat's tail,—poor pussy ! Jim, you mustn't climb on that table,—no, no ! — You don't know, my dear, what a surprise it is to us all, to see you here tonight ! ” said she, at last, when she found [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements ? Not vapid, waterish amusements, but good strong stuff; dealing in round abuse and blackguard names; pulling off the roofs of private houses, as the Halting Devil did in Spain; pimping and pandering for all degrees of vicious taste, and gorging with coined lies the most voracious maw; imputing to every man [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] breath short, and stood in silence. His wife, and their only colored domestic, old Aunt Dinah, were busily engaged in restorative measures; while old Cudjoe had got the boy on his knee, and was busy pulling off his shoes and stockings, and chafing his little cold feet. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • But we forbear, out of sympathy to our readers ’ bones. Western travellers, who have beguiled the midnight hour in the interesting process of pulling down rail fences, to pry their carriages out of mud holes, will have a respectful and mournful sympathy with our unfortunate hero. We beg them to drop a silent tear, and pass on. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • BLACK DRIVER (still to the horses). ‘Jiddy! Jiddy!’ Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank; so steep, that the black driver 's legs fly up into the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • " Is the gun really loaded ? " He pulls the gun and pulls out the clip... (This Is the Zodiac Speaking)
  • ♪ As I pulled away slowly ♪ Feeling so holy ♪ God knows I was feeling alive ♪ (Eephus)
  • Somebody's gonna pull it. We got to pivot. Get in her ear. (Disclosure Day)