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pull your socks up

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"
"Avi, pull your socks up!"
by hopeagnsthope313 September 28, 2006
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pull yourself up by your boot straps

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
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.
by Sexydimma May 18, 2012
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Pull the bars up on the crib

And expression used to signify the intention of taking a long nap.
"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 9, 2004
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pulled up a raddy

having an idea/s of helping with understanding gfx
Pulled up a raddy

someone : yo rei this gfx too hard I dont understand how to do this .

rei: yo *n word* lemme teach u how to do it rq
by Blurryy July 23, 2021
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pull up

a spontaneous event that is unannounced usually for a specific cause
After news of the white supremacist harming a sister spread, the brother decided to pull up where he lived
by chillin662 September 29, 2022
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How'd you pull up?

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
by howdyoupullupman November 22, 2023
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