pull the fire alarm

verb

To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the lever on the fire alarm pull station.

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Meanings

verbpull the fire alarm (third-person singular simple present pulls the fire alarm, present participle pulling the fire alarm, simple past and past participle pulled the fire alarm)

present singular third person pulls the fire alarm · participle present pulling the fire alarm · participle past pulled the fire alarm · past pulled the fire alarm

  1. To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the lever on the fire alarm pull station.
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Chicago

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