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  • noun Plural form of pull-up.

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Examples

  • As some of you know, I recently did my very first pull-ups at the gym.

    Kiss me 2009

  • He described himself as 5 feet 10 inches tall and 155 pounds, and said he could do 65 push-ups, bench press 165 pounds, and do 25 pull-ups and 100 sit-ups, "thanks to the ab machine."

    Postings of a Troubled Mind Alexandra Berzon 2011

  • They ordered him to do pull-ups with a mouthful of water while forbidding him from spitting it out, according to Chen's family, who spoke about the details of the case with Army officials on Wednesday.

    Margaret S. Chin: Justice for Private Danny Chen Margaret S. Chin 2011

  • "I might do 12 pull-ups, and someone else might do 20, and someone else might do four."

    Aping the Early Human Workout Jen Murphy 2011

  • Alice held on to the bars of her cell and did fifteen pull-ups.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • They ordered him to do pull-ups with a mouthful of water while forbidding him from spitting it out, according to Chen's family, who spoke about the details of the case with Army officials on Wednesday.

    Margaret S. Chin: Justice for Private Danny Chen Margaret S. Chin 2011

  • They ordered him to do pull-ups with a mouthful of water while forbidding him from spitting it out, according to Chen's family, who spoke about the details of the case with Army officials on Wednesday.

    Margaret S. Chin: Justice for Private Danny Chen Margaret S. Chin 2011

  • They ordered him to do pull-ups with a mouthful of water while forbidding him from spitting it out, according to Chen's family, who spoke about the details of the case with Army officials on Wednesday.

    Margaret S. Chin: Justice for Private Danny Chen Margaret S. Chin 2011

  • They ordered him to do pull-ups with a mouthful of water while forbidding him from spitting it out, according to Chen's family, who spoke about the details of the case with Army officials on Wednesday.

    Margaret S. Chin: Justice for Private Danny Chen Margaret S. Chin 2011

  • Episode 18 opens with Stefan doing pull-ups at the boarding house to build his strength back to lessen his craving for human blood.

    OBS RECAPS & REVIEWS: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES EPISODE 18:UNDER CONTROL | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

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