| VERB | contact | pull in, attract, pull, draw, draw in | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes |
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| possession | pull in, gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction | |
| motion | pull in, get in, move in, draw in | of trains | |
| contact | pull in, collect | get or bring together |
| Meaning | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | attract, pull, draw, draw in | |
| Narrower | bring | attract the attention of |
| catch, arrest, get | attract and fix | |
| draw in, retract | Pull inward or towards a center | |
| tug | Pull hard | |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| See also | pull | cause to move by pulling |
| Opposite | repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back | Cause to move back / back by force or influence |
| Similar to | curl up, curl, draw in | shape one's body into a curl |
| draw in, retract | Pull inward or towards a center | |
| Spanish | atraer | |
| Catalan | atreure | |
| Meaning | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They pull in the money | |
| Synonyms | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, bring in | |
| Narrower | eke out, squeeze out | make by laborious and precarious means |
| gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | |
| profit, turn a profit | make a profit | |
| rake in, shovel in | earn large sums of money | |
| rake off | Take money from an illegal transaction | |
| take home, bring home | earn as a salary or wage | |
| yield, pay, bear | bring in | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Similar to | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
| net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit | |
| Spanish | adquirir, advertir, clarificar, cobrar, ganar, hacer | |
| Catalan | advertir, clarificar, guanyar | |
| Meaning | Of trains; move into (a station). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | get in, move in, draw in | |
| Broader | arrive, get, come | reach a destination |
| Opposite | pull out, get out | Move out or away |
| Similar to | close in, draw in | Advance or converge on |
| Spanish | arribar, entrar, hacer su llegada, ingresar, llegar | |
| Catalan | arribar | |
| Meaning | Get or bring together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | collect | |
| Narrower | archive, file away | put into an archive |
| beat up, drum up, rally | Gather | |
| Broader | roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard | Get or gather together |
| Spanish | coleccionar, meter, recopilar | |
| Catalan | recopilar | |
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