pull out of one's ass

English

Alternative forms

• pull out of one's arse (Commonwealth)

Pronunciation

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Verb

pull out of one's ass (third-person singular simple present pulls out of one's ass, present participle pulling out of one's ass, simple past and past participle pulled out of one's ass)

1. (idiomatic, vulgar, transitive) To fabricate (a factual-sounding claim) from no factual basis or evidence.

   Don says his community is 95% Caucasian, but I think he pulled that figure out of his ass.

Derived terms

• ass-pull

Related terms

• PIDOOMA
• talk out of one's ass
• horseshoe up one's ass

Translations

fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence

• Czech: vycucat z prstu
• Dutch: uit de duim zuigen (suck from one's thumb)
• Finnish: vetää hatustaan (pull out of one's hat)
• French: sucer de son pouce
• German: sich aus den Fingern saugen (suck from one's fingers)
• Polish: wyciągać z dupy impf, wyciągnąć z dupy pf
• Russian: выса́сывать из па́льца impf (vysásyvatʹ iz pálʹca), вы́сосать из па́льца pf (výsosatʹ iz pálʹca) (suck out from one's finger), брать с потолка́ (ru) impf (bratʹ s potolká), взять с потолка́ (ru) pf (vzjatʹ s potolká) (take from the ceiling)
• Spanish: sacar del culo (literally “sacar del culo de uno”)
• Turkish: götten sallamak, götten atmak