pull over

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pull over verb

(of a vehicle) To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).“Can you pull over just after the post office? My house is next door.”
To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.“The cops pulled me over for speeding.”

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pull up pull off put on the brakes put the brakes on pull short pop off cone off come to a stop turn out stop over put down turn off burn out shut down go off rest

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