Pull over

pull over & pulls over pulling over pulled over pulled over

1. pull... over p.v. When you are driving and then move your vehicle to the side of the road, reduce your speed, and then stop, you pull over or pull your vehicle over.

/ pulled over to fix a flat tire. We're lost.

Let's pull the car over and ask someone for directions.

2. pull... over p.v. When you are driving and a police officer signals you to move your vehicle to the side of the road, reduce your speed, and stop, the police officer pulls you over or pulls the vehicle over.

Jim was driving on the wrong side of the road, and he got pulled over by the state police.

When the police officer saw the driver go through a red light, he pulled the car right over.

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	present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
warm up
	warm up & warms up	warming up	warmed up	warmed up

 

1. warm up p.v. When the temperature of a thing or place becomes higher, it warms up.

It's cold outside. I hope it warms up before the picnic.

I set the thermostat at eighty degrees, and the house warmed right up.

2. warm... up p.v. When people or things cause a thing or place to become warmer, they warm it up.

The fireplace doesn't really warm the house up much.

That soup is cold. You can warm it up in the microwave.

warmed up part.adj. After a thing or place has become warmer, it is warmed up.

Give the baby the bottle with the flowers on it; it's warmed up.

3. warm... up p.v. When you allow a mechanical device to run for a short time before being used, you warm it up. When a mechanical device runs for a short time before being used, it warms up.

You should always warm your car up for a few minutes before you go anywhere.

In the winter I always let my car warm up while I eat breakfast.

warmed up part.adj. After a mechanical device has been allowed to warm up and is ready to be used, it is warmed up.

We have to go — is the car warmed up yet?

4. warm up p.v. When you do light exercises before playing a sport or exercising with greater effort, you warm up. When performers play musical instruments or sing just before a performance in order to be ready, they warm up.

Before a race most runners warm up with stretching exercises.

The singer warmed up in her dressing room before the concert.

warm-up n. Light exercises done before playing a sport or exercising with greater effort are called a warm-up. When a performer plays an instrument or sings just before a performance in order to be ready, this is a warm-up.

The runners got to the stadium early so they would have time for a warm-up.

warm-up n. Warm-up clothes are worn during a warm-up. Warm-up exercises are done before playing a sport or exercising. A warm-up game, round, and so on, is played in order to warm up for the actual game.

The baseball players wore their warm-up jackets when they weren't on the field.