yuriya
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- Apr 23, 2010
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- Korean
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Hello, everyone. I hope you are having a good time. I encountered an expression, pull a number and from the context it seems to mean something similar to pull one's chain/leg that sort of thing. I tried googling but found nothing satisfactory. Tell me I'm on the right track.
On a side note, I wonder why pull is often used in the sense of "playful mischiefs". I certainly seem to miss something here so please feel free to enlighten me. Oh, BTW when we say, "He just pulled a Homer/Houdini" or "I don't know how he pulled it off" do these "pulled" have something to do with what I just mentioned as "playful mischief"? Thanks in advance!
On a side note, I wonder why pull is often used in the sense of "playful mischiefs". I certainly seem to miss something here so please feel free to enlighten me. Oh, BTW when we say, "He just pulled a Homer/Houdini" or "I don't know how he pulled it off" do these "pulled" have something to do with what I just mentioned as "playful mischief"? Thanks in advance!