yank on

yank on (someone or something)

To pull or tug at someone or something continually or with sudden force. The lifeguard yanked on the child to get him out of the water. Quit yanking on my arm like that! I kept yanking on the rebar, but I couldn't get it out of the cement.

yank on something

to pull or tug on something. Don't yank on my hair! Yank on this rope to send a signal to the worker on the floor above.

See also: on, yank

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

yank on (someone or something)
yank out of
yank (someone or something) out of (something)
yank out
yank (someone or something) off of (someone or something else)
yank at
yank at (someone or something)
yank up
yank away
yank away at (something)

References in classic literature

His lips were pursed for the piercing whistle for which he was famous and which Daylight knew of old, when Daylight, with a hook of his leg and a yank on the shoulder, slammed the startled Bill down into his seat.

Burning Daylight

词组	yank on
释义	yank on yank on (someone or something) To pull or tug at someone or something continually or with sudden force. The lifeguard yanked on the child to get him out of the water. Quit yanking on my arm like that! I kept yanking on the rebar, but I couldn't get it out of the cement. See also: on, yank Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. yank on something to pull or tug on something. Don't yank on my hair! Yank on this rope to send a signal to the worker on the floor above. See also: on, yank McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: yank on (someone or something) yank out of yank (someone or something) out of (something) yank out yank (someone or something) off of (someone or something else) yank at yank at (someone or something) yank up yank away yank away at (something) References in classic literature His lips were pursed for the piercing whistle for which he was famous and which Daylight knew of old, when Daylight, with a hook of his leg and a yank on the shoulder, slammed the startled Bill down into his seat. Burning Daylight
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