PULL IN DIFFERENT / OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

Meaning of PULL IN DIFFERENT / OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS in English

to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PULL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPPOSITE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdifərnt, -f(ə)rənt, -R sometimes -fənt adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre to carry …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIRECTIONS — plural of direction present third singular of direction
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPPOSITE
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFERENT — (a.) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or …
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFERENT — ( a. ) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PULL
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPOSITE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — — differently , adv. — differentness , n. /dif"euhr euhnt, dif"reuhnt/ , adj. 1. not alike in character or quality; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PULL — I. ˈpu̇l also ˈpəl verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pullian; akin to Middle Low German pulen to shell, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPPOSITE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdi-fərnt, ˈdi-f(ə-)rənt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre Date: 14th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PULL
Webster English vocab
OPPOSITE
Webster English vocab
DIFFERENT — adj distinct; separate; not the same; other. 2. different ·adj of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or …
Webster English vocab
DIRECTIONS — instructions on how to reach a destination or about how to do something. → direction
Concise Oxford English vocab
PULL — [pull] vb [ME, fr. OE pullian; akin to MLG pulen to shell, cull] vt (bef. 12c) 1 a: to exert …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPPOSITE
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIFFERENT — [dif.fer.ent] adj [MF, fr. L different-, differens, prp. of differre] (14c) 1: partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPPOSITE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — different BrE AmE ˈdɪf r ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ▷ different|ly li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PULL — / pʊl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MOVE / REMOVE STH 1. to hold sth firmly and use …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPPOSITE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — / ˈdɪfrənt; NAmE / adjective 1. different (from / to / than sb/sth) not the same as sb/sth; not like …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PULL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPPOSITE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIFFERENT — dif ‧ fe ‧ rent S1 W1 /ˈdɪf ə rənt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: verb : ↑ differ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PULL — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPPOSITE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PULL — v. & n. v. 1 tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPPOSITE
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PULL — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Oxford English vocab
OPPOSITE
Oxford English vocab
DIFFERENT — adj.1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). Usage: Different from is …
Oxford English vocab
PULL — ( pulls, pulling, pulled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPPOSITE — ( opposites) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If one thing is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If two people or things are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PULL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car pulls out (= moves away from the side of the road ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OPPOSITE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIFFERENT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRECTIONS — [plural] [noun]I couldn't understand the directions (= information telling you what to do) on the back of the packet.She gave/issued/left …
Cambridge English vocab
DIFFERENT — [adjective]Different means not the same.She seems to wear something different every day.He's different now that he's been to college.Are you …
Cambridge English vocab
PULL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPPOSITE — Synonyms and related words : across, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, against, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipodes, antipole, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PULL — INDEX: 1. to pull something with your hands 2. to pull something suddenly 3. to pull something heavy RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
OPPOSITE — INDEX: opposite/different 1. when two things or people are completely different 2. someone or something that is completely different from …
Longman Activator English vocab
OPPOSITE — See ↑ OPPOSITE 1,3,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ in opposite directions • ↑ just the opposite/reverse • ↑ the opposite • …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIRECTIONS — See ↑ INSTRUCTIONS 1, ↑ WAY 9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask for directions • ↑ give directions • ↑ in …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFERENT — See ↑ DIFFERENT 1,5, ↑ VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDS 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ along different lines • ↑ be different • …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFERENT — INDEX: 1. not like someone or something else 2. very different from something or someone else 3. completely different from …
Longman Activator English vocab
PULL
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPPOSITE — n. 25B6; adjective they sat opposite each other : FACING, face to face with, across from; informal eyeball to eyeball …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — adj. 25B6; adjective people with different lifestyles : DISSIMILAR, unalike, unlike, contrasting, contrastive, divergent, differing, varying, disparate; poles apart, incompatible, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIRECTIONS — n. instructions 1) to give, issue ~ 2) to follow ~ 3) ~ for 4) ~that + clause; subj. (she …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PULL — v. 1 draw, haul, drag, lug, tow, trail Do you think the car is strong enough to pull that load? …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OPPOSITE — adj. 1 facing, vis-à-vis, en face The sniper was on the roof of the building opposite 2 opposing, conflicting, contrary, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 unlike, unalike, dissimilar, conflicting; contrary, discrete, contrastive, contrasting, disparate, divergent, diverse, distinct, opposite, separate, distinguishable; another or other …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OPPOSITE — I adjective 1 BAD : People have opposite opinions about this matter. GOOD : People have different opinions about this …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — adjective 1 BAD : London is different of Hong Kong. GOOD : London is different from/to Hong Kong. BAD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PULL — 1. сущ. 1) а) тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; натяжение, растяжение б) тяга (о потоке воздуха, также о детали печи) …
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