Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulled up short

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
pulled up short
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of pull up short

Questions

What does pulled up short mean?
simple past and past participle of pull up short

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