pull down
1 (v + adv) demolish, remove TRANSITIVEtarraing anuas leag verb they want to pull the building down tá siad ag iarraidh an foirgneamh a leaganhe pulled the poster down tharraing sé anuas an póstaer, bhain sé anuas an póstaer 2 (v + adv) lower TRANSITIVEtarraing anuas tarraing síos she pulled down the blind tharraing sí anuas an dallóghe pulled his jumper down over his trousers tharraing sé a gheansaí síos ar a bhrísteShow full entry
3 (v + adv) drag down TRANSITIVEtarraing síos he was pulled down in the square tarraingíodh síos é sa chearnógthe current was pulling them down bhí siad á dtarraingt anuas ag an sruth 4 (v + adv) bring to lower level TRANSITIVEtarraing síos the other students are pulling her down tá sí á tarraingt síos ag na mic léinn eile 5 (v + adv) demoralise TRANSITIVEbrúigh síos don't let that pull you down ná lig dó sin beaguchtach a chur ort, ná cuireadh sé sin lagmhisneach ort 6 (v + adv) reduce TRANSITIVEtarraing anuas competition has pulled prices down tá iomaíocht tar éis praghsanna a tharraingt anuas 7 (v + adv) informal (especially US) earn TRANSITIVEsaothraigh verb tuill verb he was pulling down over a thousand a week bhí sé ag saothrú os cionn míle sa tseachtain → see pull