pull over

See also: pullover, Pullover, and pull-over

English

Verb

pull over (third-person singular simple present pulls over, present participle pulling over, simple past and past participle pulled over)

(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle) To 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.
(transitive) To cause to pull over
Police: Do you know why we pulled you over?

Driver: Was it because I was driving dangerously?

Police: Yes, please breathe into this, sir; we need to take a breathalyzer test.

Synonyms

(for a vehicle, to come to a stop and turn off the road): pull up

Translations

come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder

French: s'arrêter sur le côté de la route (fr), se ranger sur le côté de la route (fr)
Hungarian: lehúzódik, félreáll (hu)
Italian: accostare (it)
Japanese: 道の脇に寄る (michi no waki ni yoru), 道の脇に寄せる (michi no waki ni yoseru), 車を路肩に寄せる (kuruma o rokata ni yoseru), 車を止める (kuruma o tomeru)

Korean: 길가에 정차하다 (gilga-e jeongchahada)
Portuguese: encostar (pt)
Spanish: hacerse a un lado (es), orillar (es)

cause someone/something to pull over

Japanese: 道路脇に止めさせる (dōro-waki ni yamesaseru)
Korean: 길가에 정차시키다 (gilga-e jeongchasikida)

Spanish: parar (es)

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