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pullover

[ pool-oh-ver ]

noun

  1. Also called slipover. a garment, especially a sweater, that must be drawn over the head to be put on.


adjective

  1. designed to be put on by being drawn over the head.

pullover

/ ˈʊˌəʊə /

noun

  1. a garment, esp a sweater, that is pulled on over the head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pullover1

First recorded in 1870–75; noun, adj. use of verb phrase pull over
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They’re pretty much dead ringers for each other, especially when they showed up to Augusta National this week wearing the same gray quarter-zip pullovers.

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In the end, Henry left with pajamas, two shirts and a pullover sweater, and Amyiah with a T-shirt and distressed denim jacket.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz put a pullover over his suit; "a sign he's in it for the long haul," an EU diplomat told me.

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Someone could spend it all on one item, such as a quarter-zip racing team pullover, but that doesn’t cover the roughly 8% Nevada sales tax.

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The recall addresses circumstances when the software may cause the Cruise AV to attempt to pull over out of traffic instead of remaining stationary "when a pullover is not the desired post-collision response," Cruise said.

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