gravity's pull en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From gravity + -'s + pull, literally “the pull of gravity”. Pull is a common collocation of the word gravity, especially as the phrasal verb pull down.
Meanings
- (literally, rare, uncountable) The force of gravity acting upon an object.
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(idiomatic, poetic, uncountable) Stress or pressure of a situation acting upon a person.
Feeling Gravitys [sic] Pull
1985, R.E.M., “Feeling Gravitys Pull”, in Fables of the Reconstruction / Reconstruction of the Fables:Call it a dark night of the soul. / Ticking the clocks, gravity's pull.
2015, Cold War Kids, “First”, in Hold My Home: