Technology
pull up
open information on a screen
To pull something up is to open information or a document on a computer or phone screen.
Hear it in real life
Which route should we take?
Give me a second and I'll pull up a map.
I pulled up the booking confirmation on my phone.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I pulled the map in my phone.
Say: I pulled up the map on my phone.
Learners may omit “up” and use “in” for information displayed on a device.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
pull something up; pull up something
Compare it
Where this one sits next to the phrases it gets mixed up with.
Your turn: say it out loud
I pulled up the booking confirmation on my phone.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
pull up
open information on a screen
“I pulled up the booking confirmation on my phone.”
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