pull up
To stop your car, lift something up, or tell someone they did something wrong.
Meanings
Of a vehicle or driver: to stop.
"The black car pulled up outside the hotel and the driver got out."
To access or retrieve information on a screen or computer.
"Can you pull up the spreadsheet from last month so we can compare the figures?"
To criticise or reprimand someone for a mistake or bad behaviour.
"The manager pulled her up for arriving late three days in a row."
To pull a chair close and sit down, or to move something upward physically.
"Pull up a chair — we were just about to start."
Has several distinct meanings. The vehicle sense is very common. The reprimand sense ('pull someone up on something') is common in British English. 'Pull up a chair' is a fixed phrase meaning to sit down nearby.
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