[pull up] {v.}
1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop.
* /He pulled up his horse at the gate./
2. To tell (someone) to stop doing something; say (someone) is doing wrong and must stop; scold.
* /Jim talked rudely to Mother, and Father pulled him up./* /Ann said in her report that America was discovered in 1634, and the teacher pulled her up./
3. To stop moving forward; halt.
* /The car slowed down and pulled up at the curb./
4. To come even with; move up beside.
* /The other boat pulled up alongside us./
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