Pull in
Pull in verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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I Take Offense to That Last One: Used when Castor plays a trick on Pollux and sends him flying away from the ship, refusing to pull in his line.
Source: Literature / The Rolling Stones -
The Mughals for example taught their war elephants to take an enemy combatant, pin one of his legs to the ground with the elephant's foot, grab hold of the other leg with the trunk, and pull in two different directions, to disturbing effect.
Source: Beast of Battle
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