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Idioms: pull down


1.  Demolish, destroy, as in They pulled down several old office buildings downtown. [Early 1500s]
2.  Lower, reduce; also, depress in health or spirits. For example, The bumper wheat crop is bound to pull down prices, or The flu really pulled him down. [Late 1500s]
3.  Draw as wages, as in He pulled down a hefty salary. [Colloquial; early 1900s]


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v

Definition: destroy; knock over
Antonyms: build, construct


WordNet: pull down
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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  Synonyms: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down

Meaning #2: cause to come or go down
  Synonyms: down, knock down, cut down, push down


Translations: Pull-down
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rullegardin-
n. - rullegardin

idioms:

  • pull-down menu    rullegardinmenu

Français (French)
adj. - (Comput) déroulant
n. - (Comput) menu déroulant

idioms:

  • pull-down menu    (Comput) menu déroulant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Pull-down...
n. - Pull-down-Menü

idioms:

  • pull-down menu    Menü

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που σύρεται προς τα κάτω

idioms:

  • pull-down menu    (Η/Υ) αναδιπλούμενο μενού

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desplegable
n. - desplegable

idioms:

  • pull-down menu    menú desplegable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rullgardins- (data)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
破坏的, 精神颓丧破坏的, 精神颓丧的, 破坏, 精神颓丧破坏, 精神颓丧

idioms:

  • pull-down menu    下拉式操作指引

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 破壞的, 精神頹喪破壞的, 精神頹喪的
n. - 破壞, 精神頹喪破壞, 精神頹喪

idioms:

  • pull-down menu    下拉式操作指引

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 접는식의
n. - 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נפרש על פני המרקע בעיקבות הקשה בעכבר (מינשק גרפי למשתמש)‬
n. - ‮תפריט הנפרש על המרקע כאשר מקישים עליו בעכבר (מחשב)‬


 
 
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