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Synonyms for pull

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsChange

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

take

Same sentence, swapped: Take the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for pull as it is used in the sentence above.

tear
commit
drop

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Closest first: other change words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

assumeverbtaketake on a certain form, attribute, or aspectFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line beginverbstartset in motion, cause to startFoothillsHas a reason line breakverbinterruptterminate or endFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line changeverbexchangegive to, and receive from, one anotherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line sharpenverbheightenmake (one's senses) more acuteHigh Camp shrinkverbreducereduce in sizeTreelineHas a reason line silenceverb, nounstillcause to be quiet or not talkFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line testnoun, verbtrialthe act of undergoing testingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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