Link Centre Dictionary

pull down

pull·down

uncommon

verb

1.

tear down so as to make flat with the ground

  • “The building was levelled”
Synonyms
Antonyms
2.

cause to come or go down

  • “The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”
  • “The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet”
Synonyms

Origin

Deverbal from pull down.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.