pull over

See also: pullover, Pullover, and pull-over

English

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

(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle) To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder).
Can you pull over just after the post office? My house is next door.
(transitive) To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.
The cops pulled me over for speeding.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull,‎ over.

come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder

French: s’arrêter sur le côté de la route (fr), se ranger sur le côté de la route (fr)
Hungarian: lehúzódik (hu), félreáll (hu)
Italian: accostare (it)
Japanese: 道の脇に寄る (michi no waki ni yoru), 道の脇に寄せる (michi no waki ni yoseru), 車を路肩に寄せる (kuruma o rokata ni yoseru), 車を止める (kuruma o tomeru)
Korean: 길가 -에 정차하다 (gilga-e jeongchahada)
Portuguese: encostar (pt)
Romanian: trage pe dreapta
Spanish: hacerse a un lado (es), orillar (es)
Turkish: çekmek (tr), durmak (tr), yanaşmak (tr)

cause someone/something to pull over

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