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hi everybody my name is Alisha welcome
back to know your verbs in this lesson
we're going to talk about the verb pole
let's get started
the basic definition of the verb pole is
to move something usually towards your
body
this motion to pull examples of this he
pulled his coffee mug across the table
she pulled the lamp string okay now
let's look at the conjugations for this
verb present pole poles past hold past
participle pulled progressive pulling
so now let's talk about some additional
meanings for this verb
the first additional meaning is to
remove something from its place some
examples my brother and I used to pull
weeds every summer I pulled out a few
gray hairs this morning so to pull in
this case is to remove something from
its original place in the first example
sentence my brother and I used to pull
weeds it means we've removed weeds from
the ground we pulled weeds from their
original place in the ground and took
them out in the second example sentence
it's about pulling grey hair so removing
gray hairs from their original place to
pull we use to pull to describe this
okay let's go on to the second
additional meaning now the second
additional meaning is to remove
something from a publication this can
mean TV it can mean magazines newspapers
to remove something usually because that
thing is offensive or it's incorrect or
it's inappropriate there's some problem
with it
examples pull the story from the
newspaper
TV show pulled the controversial photos
from its segment so in both of these
examples content is being removed from
some kind of media source or some kind
of publication because there's a problem
with it in the first example sentence
it's pulled the story so that means the
story the entire story there's some
problem with it it needs to be removed
in the second example sentence it's
about controversial photos controversial
photos are pulled from a segment so that
means there's some problem there's some
issue they have to be removed we use the
verb pole to refer to this usually in
media situations let's go on to the
third additional meaning for this verb
to attract a person or people meaning to
draw people in examples big celebrities
always pull big crowds we pulled in a
lot of new customers at the event so
here it means attracted or drew people
so in the first example sentence big
celebrities always pull big crowds means
attract pole means attract big
celebrities always draw in or attract a
lot of people in other words in the
second example sentence which was we
pulled in a lot of new customers
it means we drew we attracted a lot of
new customers you'll also notice that
I've used pulled in there so you can use
pulled in to refer to attracting people
as well to pull in so you might see that
or you might see as in the first example
sentence to pull big crowds okay let's
go on to the fourth additional meaning
of this verb the fourth additional
meaning is to get information like from
researching something examples
pull all the files about the criminal
investigation I pulled this photo from
his website so this means to get
information but usually with the kind of
feeling of doing some research so in the
first example sentence pull all the
files about the Criminal Investigation
it means go and get all the files or go
do some research find all the files and
get them so we're doing some kind of
research or some sort of investigation
and we need information we can use the
verb poll to refer to getting that
information in the second sentence I
pulled this photo from his website it
means I got this photo from his website
but it sounds like I went to his website
for some kind of research purpose and I
got the photo there
so now let's move along to some
variations and other ways to use this
verb the first expression is to pull
oneself together to pull oneself
together it means to regain your
composure to become calm once again
examples pulling yourself together it's
just a small mistake he needs to pull
himself together and get back to work so
in both of these examples there's
someone who's kind of panicking maybe or
they're having trouble staying calm and
composed we can use the expression pull
yourself together
to mean like imagine pulling yourself
pulling all the parts of yourself
together again to make like this calm
composed person in the second example
sentence he needs to pull himself
together and get back to work it means
he needs to regain his calm composed
manner and go back to his job so to pull
yourself together means just to regain
your calm state I guess you'll also
notice that this is commonly used
reflexively he needs to pull himself
together reflexive means that the
subject and the object of the verb are
the same person so he needs to pull
himself you'll see there or you should
pull yourself together
so the subject and the object are the
same person the next variation is the
expression to pull one's weight to pull
one's weight this means to do your fair
share of a job or a task to do the
things that you are assigned to do your
parts okay so oh this could be for work
it could be for another activity a job a
project whatever examples everyone needs
to pull their weight on the team he's
not pulling his weight on this project
what happened so in the first example
sentence everyone needs to pull their
weight on the team it means each person
needs to do his or her job each person
needs to do his or her tasks each person
has some responsibilities it's their job
to do those things that's pulling their
weight in the second example sentence
he's not pulling his weight on the
project what happened that means because
it's negative he's not doing his part in
the project he's not doing the things he
was assigned to do why what happened
what
the problem so to pull your weight is
typically something you should do at
work you want to pull your weight you're
fulfilling your tasks you're doing the
jobs that are assigned to you it's your
responsibility okay let's go on to a
third variation another way to use this
verb the expression is to pull rank to
pull rank this means using your power or
using authority to make someone do
something examples
my supervisor tried to pull rank on me
to get me to write fake customer reviews
but I refused
seems the CEO pulled rank on the
department manager they're working on
his new project so to pull rank means to
use your rank to use your position in
order to make other people do something
so in the first example sentence where a
supervisor tries to pull rank on the
speaker
it means the supervisor tries to use his
or her power to get this person the
speaker in this case to write customer
reviews that are not real customer
reviews so they're trying to get this
person to do something they don't want
to do because of their position of power
or authority we see this in the second
example sentence two but it was a
successful situation so the CEO pulled
rank on the department manager we know
this because the people in the
department presumably are working on the
CEOs new project so that means the CEO
was successful in convincing the
department manager to work on this
project so to pull rank means to use
your power or use your authority to make
something happen so those are a few new
ways I hope to use the word poll if you
have any questions or comments or if you
know some other ways there are lots of
using the verb poll
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we fooling Oh pulling my hair out
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