on the pull

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on the pull

1. (British, slang) Out seeking a sexual partner.

   They're at that new nightclub, on the pull.

   • 2004, Julia Llewellyn, The Love Trainer:

     Rebecca was on the pull. An air of desperation hung over her like Dior's Poison.

   • 2016, Louie O'Brien, Hasta La Flip Flops!:

     Everyone was on the pull, determined to have a bit of a holiday fling.

Further reading

• “be on the pull”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.