Extend
Extend verb - To make longer.
Pull
Pull verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Kingdom Hearts games allow you to string attacks together (abilities let you extend the combos to a preset number), after which you can pull off a finishing move which does extra damage.
Source: Combos -
She can extend the handle making it a Boom Stick to use it like a bazooka or just pull a construct of the barrel out the back as a rocket appears out the front.
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This protection does not extend to non-main characters however, as many a villain trying to pull a HeelFace Turn learned.
Source: Death Is Cheap
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Pull and Extend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/pull
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Pull or Extend. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/pull.
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