Credit and Pull

Credit

Credit noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

Usage example: despite his legal woes, he has not yet lost all his credit with the administration in the White House

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Pull and credit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pull" instead a noun "Credit".

Pull noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

Usage example: their lawyer supposedly has a lot of pull with the administration in Washington

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Credit and pull are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credit" instead a noun "Pull".

Nearby Words: pulled, pulling, puller

full	full credit	full pull
complete	complete credit	complete pull
considerable	considerable credit	considerable pull
proper	proper credit	proper pull
Other adjectives: single, popular, real, massive, little, tiny, bad, infamous, major, extra.

Schwartzkopf apparently gives extra credit for any really creative pranks his students pull.

Source: Wizarding School
When she can't pull out one more Heroic Second Wind (give her credit, she'd already done that about five times) she's rescued by Kick-Ass.

Source: You Can Barely Stand
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Of the main cast, the vast majority are royals, and to their credit they actually pull more than their weight.

Source: Western Animation / Shadow Raiders

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