pull up vs quibble

pull up

verb
  • To admonish or criticize someone for their actions. 

  • To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins). 

  • To raise the nose of an aircraft. 

  • To cause (a horse) to stop when riding. 

  • To fetch for display on a screen. 

  • To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point. 

  • To cause (a person) to stop. 

  • To lift upwards or vertically. 

  • To pull forward. 

  • To improve; to get better; to lift one's game. 

  • To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to. 

quibble

verb
  • To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner. 

  • To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner. 

noun
  • An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. 

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