Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To earn or acquire money from a business or commercial activity.
   • To attract or draw something (such as people, attention, or customers) toward oneself or a location.
2. Verb (intransitive, of a vehicle):
   • To move into a designated place, such as a station, driveway, or parking space, and come to a stop.

Usage and Examples

• Verb (transitive) - To earn:
  • The new online store is expected to pull in significant revenue.
  • His second job pulls in an extra thousand dollars a month.
• Verb (transitive) - To attract:
  • The celebrity's post pulled in millions of views within hours.
  • The sale pulled in crowds from all over the city.
• Verb (intransitive) - To arrive and stop:
  • The bus will pull in at the terminal in five minutes.
  • He pulled in to the gas station to fill up the tank.

Advanced Usage

• "pull in one's horns": To become less aggressive or ambitious; to reduce one's activities or spending.
  • After the failed investment, the company decided to pull in its horns and focus on its core business.
• "pull someone in": To bring someone, often a suspect, to a police station for questioning.
  • The police pulled him in for questioning about the robbery.

Variants and Related Words

• Pull (verb): The base form, meaning to exert force to move something toward oneself.
• Pullout (noun): A section of a magazine or book that can be removed, or a withdrawal of troops.
• Income (noun): Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or from investments. (Related to the "earn" meaning of "pull in").

Synonyms

• Attract: To draw by appealing to interest or emotion. (For the "attract" meaning).
• Earn: To receive money as payment for work or as profit. (For the "earn" meaning).
• Arrive: To reach a destination. (For the vehicle meaning).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Pull over: For a vehicle or driver, to move to the side of the road and stop.
  • The police officer signaled for the car to pull over.
• Pull out: To leave or depart; to withdraw from something.
  • The train is scheduled to pull out of the station at noon.
• Pull up: To bring a vehicle to a halt.
  • She pulled up in front of the house.

Related Idioms

• Pull in different directions: To have conflicting aims or strategies.
  • The management team was pulling in different directions, causing confusion.
• Pull one's weight: To do one's fair share of the work.
  • Everyone needs to pull their weight on this project for it to succeed.

Verb

1. get or bring together
   • accumulate evidence
2. of trains; move into (a station)
   • The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station
3. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
   • How much do you make a month in your new job?
   • She earns a lot in her new job
   • this merger brought in lots of money
   • He clears $5,000 each month
4. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
   • Her good looks attract the stares of many men
   • The ad pulled in many potential customers
   • This pianist pulls huge crowds
   • The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers