English

Verb

underpull ‎(third-person singular simple present underpulls, present participle underpulling, simple past and past participle underpulled)

1. (transitive) To exert one's influence secretly.
   • 1896, Edmund Brown Viney Christian, A Short History of Solicitors:

     It may have been that the lower ranks of the apprenticii, in the words of The Compleat Solicitor, underpulled causes during the long term of study then necessary before the rank of utter barrister was attained.

   • Lord North, Life of the late Lord Keeper Guilford

     His Lordship, while he was a Student, and during his Incapacity to practise aboveboard, was contented to underpull, as they call it, and managed diverse Suits for his Country Friends and Relations […]