(idiomatic) To prevent others from attaining or benefiting from the same advantages, opportunities, or rights as oneself.

(idiomatic) Alternative form of pull the ladder up behind oneself.

Alternative form of pull the other one, it's got bells on

Alternative form of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

(transitive) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

A young hen, especially one less than a year old. / (slang) A spineless person; a coward. / (obsolete, slang) A young girl.

A device designed to remove staples from paper, typically a small device with a spring-loaded hinge and four curved metal members resembling teeth.

plural of staple puller

plural of pullet