Examples of use of yank
1. Forced on the defensive, Bush had to yank the spot.
2. Israel‘s civil service professionals are trying to yank the wheel in order to avoid a crash.
3. Where sports are concerned, however, I‘ll always be a Yank and a Bostonian first and foremost.
4. "The British are coming, and they‘ve decided to hire a Yank," Hartman says.
5. It was a yank on a chifney bit that had made a stallion balk.