pull the football

短语

词形变化

pulled the football pulling the football pulls the football 三单 pulls the football pulling the football 现在分词 pulled the football 过去式 pulled the football 过去分词

别名

pull the football away yank the football

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To appear to make someone a promising offer, only to withdraw it to the detriment of the other party.

    美国 非正式

词源

From a running gag in the American comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz. Typically, Lucy Van Pelt holds a football for Charlie Brown to kick, only to pull it away and cause him to fall over. The gag first appeared in the November 14, 1951 comic.

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