pull-on

[ noun pool-on, -awn; adjective pool-on, -awn ]

/ noun ˈpʊlˌɒn, -ˌɔn; adjective ˈpʊlˈɒn, -ˈɔn /

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noun

an item of apparel that is pulled on, as a sweater or glove.

adjective

designed to be put on by being pulled on: a pull-on jersey.

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Origin of pull-on

First recorded in 1915–20; noun, adj. use of verb phrase pull on

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How to use pull-on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Strange to say, the silken cord yielded to the first pull, as if nothing had been wrong with it at all!
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Never grasp a Fern plant from above and try to pull it away, as this will be almost sure to result in damage.
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"I ordered you not to come," said Aspinall: "I can still pull a trigger, Sir," replied the man.
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This harmless image of a fierce beast Yung Pak would pull about the floor with a string by the hour.
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To pull through such a siege, the old settlers usually did much better than the new.
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British Dictionary definitions for pull-on

pull on

verb

(tr, adverb) to don (clothing)

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