pull round
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They threw him an old poshteen or fur-lined coat, and this he was glad to pull round him in spite of qualms lest it should already be more or less thickly populated.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
Whisker's in a bad way just at present, but he'll pull round long before morning.
From Submarine U93 by Charles Gilson
"Mr. Jonas is afraid he had some anxiety," continued Leonore, bravely; "but he had told some one only the day before—before he died, that he hoped things were going to pull round all right."
From Leonore Stubbs by L. B. Walford
He’s had the worst fit I’ve ever known him to have, and––and I don’t know if he’s going to pull round when he wakes up.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum
After a brief examination he said,— 'He'll pull round if there is no inward bleeding.
From Settling Day by Nat Gould
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
