pull up your pants
phrase
pull up your pants is spelled P-U-L-L-U-P-Y-O-U-R-P-A-N-T-S: 15 letters. As a phrase, pull up your pants means “A reference to respectability politics, especially with regard to African-Americans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pull up your pants?
| Letters | 15: P-U-L-L-U-P-Y-O-U-R-P-A-N-T-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What does pull up your pants mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
phrase
- 1
USinformalA reference to respectability politics, especially with regard to African-Americans.
- 2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull up, pants.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pull up your pants come from?
A reference to sagging among African-Americans, and its associated moral panic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).