pull up a chair

English

Verb

pull up a chair (third-person singular simple present pulls up a chair, present participle pulling up a chair, simple past and past participle pulled up a chair)

  1. (chiefly imperative) To sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.
    Pull up a chair! The meeting's about to begin.
  2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pull up, a, chair.
    Please pull up a chair and sit down.

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