1. Come to a halt after driving somewhere
   "The Rolls pulled up on our front lawn";
   - draw up, haul up
    
2. Straighten oneself
   "He pulled up when the teacher entered the room";
   - draw up, straighten up
    
3. Cause (a vehicle) to stop
   "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel";
   - draw up
    
4. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   "He pulled up the old fence posts";
   - extract, pull out, pull, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out

1. An arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
   "pull-ups are an excellent exercise for building upper body strength";
   - chin-up
    
2. [Brit] A roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers
   "The truckers stopped at the pull-up for a quick meal";
   - pull-in [Brit]

Derived forms: pull-ups, pulled up, pulling up, pulls up

See also: draw

Type of: arm exercise, cafe, café, caff [Brit, informal], coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse, halt, remove, stop, straighten, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Pull up