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To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- Can you pull over just after the post office? My house is next door.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The cops pulled me over for speeding.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
steer a vehicle to the side of the road
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
pysähtyä tien reunaan
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Finnish:
pysähtyä
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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French:
s'arrêter sur le côté de la route
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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French:
se ranger sur le côté de la route
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Hungarian:
lehúzódik
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Hungarian:
félreáll
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Italian:
accostare
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Japanese:
道の脇に寄る
(michi no waki ni yoru)
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Japanese:
道の脇に寄せる
(michi no waki ni yoseru)
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Japanese:
車を路肩に寄せる
(kuruma o rokata ni yoseru)
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Japanese:
車を止める
(kuruma o tomeru)
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Korean:
길가-에 정차하다
(gilga-e jeongchahada)
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Portuguese:
encostar
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Romanian:
trage pe dreapta
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Spanish:
hacerse a un lado
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Spanish:
orillar
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Spanish:
pararse en el hombrillo
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Spanish:
detenerse en la banquina
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Turkish:
çekmek
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Turkish:
durmak
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Turkish:
yanaşmak
— come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
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Finnish:
pysäyttää
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Finnish:
pysäyttää tien reunaan
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Galician:
parar
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Hungarian:
leint
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Hungarian:
megállít
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Hungarian:
leállít
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Italian:
accostare
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Japanese:
道路脇に止めさせる
(dōro-waki ni yamesaseru)
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Korean:
길가-에 정차시키다
(gilga-e jeongchasikida)
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Romanian:
trage pe dreapta
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Spanish:
parar
— cause someone/something to pull over
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Turkish:
çevirmek
— cause someone/something to pull over
