pulling the strings

Controlling someone like a puppet

Michael Moore : - Who's pulling the strings of the president?

by etzelet December 1, 2010

Pulling a Doyle

Promising something, but pushing it back for months on end in an attempt to teach a lesson on "delayed gratification" in the manner that YouTuber John Doyle pushed back his documentary on pornography.

Brett Favre was pulling a Doyle with his retirement in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

by god emperor blumpfth February 17, 2021

pull a porty

to exclude somone in a mean way and make them cry

I just noticed my "friends" pull a porty on me

by johnSmithsonian May 30, 2011

Pull a sangwoo

You're gonna brake someone's ankles with a baseball bat

"didn't he cheat on you?"

"Yeah but it's fine imma pull a sangwoo on him"

by Sarah's life December 11, 2020

pulling an emer

moving into a house and starting a relationship/shagging/kissing/all of the above with one of the housemates.
Also known as shitting on your own doorstep, or shitting where you eat.
Rumoured to have originated in Dublin a while back when a well-known social butterfly started a relationship with a new housemate not long after moving in. Has since been used extensively in colleges throughout the capital.

I moved into a new gaff last week. There is a hot guy living there. I might end up pulling an emer on that shit

by desmondo1984 October 21, 2010

Pulling an alessio

when someone pulls an alessio that means they make plans with someone, but flake out last minute.

Person one, "hey you ready to go on this camping trip?"
Person two, "nah man I don't want to go, in staying home."
Person one " aw come on man, you're pulling an alessio on me. I've been planning this for a week!"

by Kevvybot January 20, 2017

Pulling a Peg

To invite long distance relatives, loved ones or friends to stay with you for holidays, vacation, or a weekend, but back out when they arrive or cut the stay short without reason or remorse.

Mary; "How was the Christmas trip?"
Peter; "We got there and she ended up pulling a Peg. Said she changed her mind and told us to get a hotel."

by uh002zo December 18, 2012