Pull
Pull verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.
Tease
Tease verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.
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Both words in one sentence
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Although they would defy it in their entrance as a trio, where they would tease going in for a kiss and then pull away.
Source: Wrestling / The Beautiful People -
Escape to Athena (1979) has any number of examples being used when the Greek Resistance seize the POW camp, ranging from the 'pull-up-at-the-gate-with-an-accident-victim' trick, to laxatives in the guards' food, to a full-on strip-tease by a female internee.
Source: We Need a Distraction
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Tease and Pull. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pull/tease
Pull & Tease. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pull/tease>.
Tease or Pull. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pull/tease.
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