pull up a chair

pull up a chair

1. expression Come sit with us. (The listener may not have to physically move a chair in order to join the group,) The meeting's just getting started—pull up a chair.
2. verb To move a chair in order to sit with a person or group. I pulled up a chair and joined the others at the conference table.
See also: chair, pull, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Pull up a chair.

Please get a chair and sit down and join us. (Assumes that there is seating available. The speaker does not necessarily mean that the person spoken to actually has to move a chair.) Tom: Well, hello, Bob! Bob: Hi, Tom. Pull up a chair. The three men were sitting at a table for four. Bob came up and said hello. Bill said, "Pull up a chair." Bob sat in the fourth chair at the table.
See also: chair, pull, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • grab a chair
  • nearly fall out of (one's) chair
  • nearly fall off (one's) chair
  • give (someone) the chair
  • the chair
  • come in and sit a spell
  • pull up a floor
  • come in and sit down
  • haul (someone or something) over to (something)
  • haul over to