PULL UP

v. 1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop. He pulled up his horse at the gate. 2. To tell (someone) to stop doing something; say (someone) is doing wrong and must stop; scold. Jim talked rudely to Mother, and Father pulled him up. Ann said in her report that America was discovered in 1634, and the teacher pulled her up. 3. To stop moving forward; halt. The car slowed down and pulled up at the curb. 4. To come even with; move up beside. The other boat pulled up alongside us.