When one is outside looking for themselves with lanterns
Hunter is pulling a Hunter again. He is outside searching for himself with lanterns.
When one blows off plans with friends to jerk off into the exhaust pipe of a Brand New AMG GT series vehicle.
Dam dude Teds pulling a Ted on us tonight smh
When one person forceably kisses another, usually by grabbing their face with both hands.
That creepy old dude just totally Pulled a Stein on that girl!
Going in krunker and getting 600 points in a full pickup game. (Referencing kaikoko in weeklies)
"You just pulled a kaikoko mate, what a shitter"
To kill a groundbreaking idea or concept in its infancy
Engineer at Kodak, 1977: "Look - I have invented a filmless camera. It captures pictures digitally. It is going to reshape how we make photos and even film in the future!". Corporate management: "That's cute, but we'll pull a sultan here and rather work on improving celloloid film".
George Lucas, filmmaker, 1973: "I have this idea of a sci-fi space opera version of Akira Kurosawas "The Hidden Fortress". I plan on calling it "Star Wars". Executives at United Artists: "That sounds interesting, but we'll pull a sultan here and ask you to focus on semi-biographic movies like "American Grafitti" instead."
Employee at Blockbuster ca. 1999: "There is this new technology that allows for streaming media rich content instead of having to rent it on VHS tapes and DVDs, and I have set up a server that will allow for Blockbuster to be in the forefront of the market.". Executives: "That is just a niche market. We'll pull a sultan and ask you to restock the Ghostbuster DVDs."
Stylish Polo or button up shirt
"Yo man, that's a hard looking pull!"
"That is a good looking hard pull!"
Saying something even worse then what actually happened (still usually bad but not necessarily) to subvert expectations and make someone less upset about the second thing.
Person A: "I accidentally scratched your car."
Person B: "What!?! How bad is it?!"
Person A: "Actually, I just scraped your side mirror, but it should be fine. I was just pulling a government to subvert your expectations.”