pull one's forelock

English

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of tug one's forelock
   • 1913, Henry Lawson, “Triangles of Life”, in Triangles of Life and Other Stories‎^[1]:

     And the common people pull their forelock harder and squirm lower the higher the rent a man pays per quarter for his house.