transitive verb
1. : to bring up short : check , rebuke
pulled him up for speaking in an insulting tone
2. : to bring to a stop : halt
the kids pulled up their pony and sat watching — Ross Annett
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to check oneself
was advised by his doctor to pull up and take it easy
b. : to come to a halt : stop
pulled up at the gas station
2. : to draw even with or to go ahead of others in a race or contest
coming into the stretch, the big horse was third, but he began to pull up and won by a nose