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When you've got a big test or assignment due, but call in sick until you're certain that though at-home study you'll get a good mark. Pulling a Jake also includes telling all your friends that you did bad in a test, only to receive the highest grade possible at a later date.
James: Why isn't Tom at school today?
Bob: I think he's pulling a Jake.
James: Yeah probably, and I bet that when he turns up he'll tell us he that he failed the test.
When a person is "pulling you on a string" it's kinda like they are playing hard to get,or they are mysterious in a way.
Guy 1: The girl I like is teasing me but when I try to make a move she backs away.
Guy 2: That sucks Dude.Do you think she's still going to open up later?
Guy 1:Idk, but I hope she does. I don't like all crap.
Guy 2: she's just pulling you by a string.
When somebody organises an event or meet up and then doesn't turn up to it themselves.
Gonna have to "pull a Robin" and say I can't make it today
if you take a shit at your friends house
*at friends house*
me- i need to go to the bathroom
20 minutes later...
friend- why did you took so long?
me- i had to take a shit
friend- ahahhaha you pulled a francis!
A reference to Sherlock Holmes, the main character in a series of mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The detective often solved cases by noting miniscule evidence. The phrase is often used sarcastically when someone points out the obvious. However, it can also be used seriously when someone solves a mystery.
"Dude, The sky is blue today!"
"Way to pull a Sherlock, man!"
"So i figured out where all my towels were going. I found three in Ashleys' dryer. Apparently she has the same ones."
"Way to pull a Sherlock."
In Film and TV Shows, to add text on frame instead of filming the phone's screen.
"Are we gonna get an insert on the phone?"
"No, we are going to pull a Sherlock"
Being intolerably late to an appointment of any kind and for any reason
He pulled off a Phiphi there,
Classic Phiphi he pulled off...,
What a Phiphi
To pull off a phiphi