# pull in

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/pull-in
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.

## Examples

- Please pull in here so I can get out.
- The driver decided to pull in at the gas station to check the tires.
- As the heavy rain began to fall, he managed to pull in safely to the narrow space beside the old stone building.

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