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Pull into meaning

Pull into is a phrasal verb that means for a vehicle to move towards a place at the roadside and come to a stop there.

Past simple
pulled into
Past participle
pulled into
-ing form
pulling into

What pull into means

B2

For a vehicle to move towards a place at the roadside and come to a stop there

The coach pulled into the service station just after midnight.

Similar phrasal verbs

With pull: pull out, pull over.

With into: get into, patch into, break into, let something into something, look into, make something into something, put something into something, read something into something, rip into, go into.

Common questions

What does pull into mean?

For a vehicle to move towards a place at the roadside and come to a stop there.

What is the past tense of pull into?

Pulled into, which is also its past participle.

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