Meanings
verbpull over (third-person singular simple present pulls over, present participle pulling over, simple past and past participle pulled over)
present singular third person pulls over · participle present pulling over · participle past pulled over · past pulled over
- idiomaticintransitiveTo come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).
Can you pull over just after the post office? My house is next door.
Synonyms: pull up
- transitiveTo command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.
The cops pulled me over for speeding.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).
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Translations
Finnish pysähtyä tien reunaan, pysähtyä
- pysähtyä tien reunaancome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- pysähtyäcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- pysäyttääcause someone/something to pull over
- pysäyttää tien reunaancause someone/something to pull over
French s'arrêter sur le côté de la route, se ranger sur le côté de la route
- s'arrêter sur le côté de la routecome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- se ranger sur le côté de la routecome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
Hungarian lehúzódik, félreáll
- lehúzódikcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- félreállcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- leintcause someone/something to pull over
- megállítcause someone/something to pull over
- leállítcause someone/something to pull over
Italian accostare, accostare
- accostarecome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- accostarecause someone/something to pull over
Japanese 道の脇に寄る, 道の脇に寄せる
- 道の脇に寄る (michi no waki ni yoru)come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- 道の脇に寄せる (michi no waki ni yoseru)come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- 車を路肩に寄せる (kuruma o rokata ni yoseru)come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- 車を止める (kuruma o tomeru)come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- 道路脇に止めさせる (dōro-waki ni yamesaseru)cause someone/something to pull over
Korean 길가-에 정차하다, 길가-에 정차시키다
- 길가-에 정차하다 (gilga-e jeongchahada)come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- 길가-에 정차시키다 (gilga-e jeongchasikida)cause someone/something to pull over
Portuguese encostar
- encostarcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
Romanian trage pe dreapta, trage pe dreapta
- trage pe dreaptacome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- trage pe dreaptacause someone/something to pull over
Spanish hacerse a un lado, orillar
- hacerse a un ladocome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- orillarcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- pararse en el hombrillocome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- detenerse en la banquinacome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- pararcause someone/something to pull over
Turkish çekmek, durmak
- çekmekcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- durmakcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- yanaşmakcome to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder
- çevirmekcause someone/something to pull over
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APA
pull over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20over
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“pull over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20over. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pull over,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20over.
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