A term used to tell someone to get down because bullets are going to be fired in their general direction in the immediate future. The general idea behind wording the phrase this way is to let your friend know what is about to happen whilest leaving your helpless, soon to be, victims in the dark.
Used by Bullet-Toothed Tony in the movie "Snatch"
Used by Bullet-Toothed Tony in the movie "Snatch"
"Avi, pull your socks up!"
by hopeagnsthope313 September 29, 2006
literally referring to what Abraham Lincoln (read a few law books he found in a junk barrel, then became a lawyer and later President of The United States and Booker T Washington (learned to read and write as a black apprentice sailor) actually did, this term means:
to legally work, or rather legally to nigger, one's way up the social ladder of one's society in one's zeitgeist using nothing but one's own blood, sweat, toil, common sense, education and street-smarts
to legally work, or rather legally to nigger, one's way up the social ladder of one's society in one's zeitgeist using nothing but one's own blood, sweat, toil, common sense, education and street-smarts
son: I don't understand how Abraham Lincoln legally achieved what he did. He was born on a bloody farm.
father: Jordan, just stop blabbering and learn the meaning of the phrase to pull yourself up by your boot straps and you'll do just as well. Now good night.
father: Jordan, just stop blabbering and learn the meaning of the phrase to pull yourself up by your boot straps and you'll do just as well. Now good night.
by Sexydimma May 19, 2012
"Man, when I get outta class I am gonna get some chinese food with extra MSG and pull the bars up on the crib."
by Chris Giarraputo December 09, 2004
Him: "WYA?"
Her: "about to pull up"
Her: "about to pull up"
by Hedgefund Bot February 25, 2021
A deragatory roast that usually implies you have low grades.and you need to higher them typically used by very studious people aswell
by Poor man Antoine April 29, 2019
Extremely common in Australia to ask how you are feeling, usually after a big night out drinking, but also can be used after any strenuous event (long bike ride, marathon, etc.)
Person 1: mate, how'd you pull up?
Person 2: yeah pretty dusty, had 15 beers last night so feel like shit this morning
Person 2: yeah pretty dusty, had 15 beers last night so feel like shit this morning
by howdyoupullupman November 22, 2023
Phrase calling out inadequacy in a persons performance, most often while running.
Stems from the ancient practice of plowing fields where farmers found greater speeds when pulling the plow shallower in the ground.
Stems from the ancient practice of plowing fields where farmers found greater speeds when pulling the plow shallower in the ground.
by embarrassedforyou October 09, 2020