pull downverb

• 1

  To make (something) lower (especially of clothes).

• 2

  To demolish or destroy (a building etc.).

  • Bawd. But shall all our houses of resort in the Suburbs be puld downe?
  • At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.
• 3

  To cause to fall to the floor

  • The home side got themselves in a mess again after 12 minutes when Victor Ruiz pulled down Ramires just outside the box. Lampard drilled a low free-kick past the wall but Diego Alves was down quickly to turn the ball away.