Words meaning to pull the shades (or other word) down: “When the sun is too bright, you go to the window and ________.” (Gesture.)
| PULL DOWN THE SHADES | 244 |
| PULL THE SHADES | 217 |
| DRAW THE SHADES | 96 |
| LOWER THE SHADES | 85 |
| PULL THE SHADES DOWN | 83 |
| PULL DOWN THE BLINDS | 40 |
| PULL THE SHADE | 34 |
| PULL DOWN THE SHADE | 31 |
| PULL THE BLINDS | 31 |
| PULL THE BLINDS DOWN | 21 |
| PULL THE SHADE DOWN | 21 |
| LOWER THE SHADE | 20 |
| LOWER THE BLINDS | 19 |
| DRAW THE SHADE | 17 |
| DRAW THE BLINDS | 16 |
| PULL DOWN SHADES | 16 |
| PULL | 15 |
| PULL DOWN THE CURTAINS | 12 |
| DRAW | 11 |
| DRAW DOWN THE SHADES | 11 |
| PULL DOWN | 10 |
| PULL SHADES | 8 |
| CLOSE THE BLINDS | 7 |
| DRAW THE CURTAINS | 7 |
| PULL IT DOWN | 7 |
| DRAW THE DRAPES | 6 |
| PULL THE BLIND | 6 |
| LOWER | 5 |
| PULL THE BLIND DOWN | 5 |
| PULL THE CURTAINS | 5 |
| PULL THE CURTAINS DOWN | 5 |
| DOWN THE SHADES | 4 |
| LOWER THE CURTAINS | 4 |
| DRAW THE CURTAIN | 3 |
| PULL BLINDS | 3 |
| PULL DOWN BLINDS | 3 |
| PULL ‘EM DOWN | 3 |
| PULL THEM DOWN | 3 |
| CLOSE THE BLIND | 2 |
| CLOSE THE DRAPES | 2 |
| CLOSE THE SHADES | 2 |
| DRAW BLINDS | 2 |
| DRAW THE BLIND | 2 |
| DRAW THE SHADES DOWN | 2 |
| PULL DOWN THE BLIND | 2 |
| PULL THE CURTAIN | 2 |
| CLOSE CURTAINS | 1 |
| CLOSE THE CURTAINS | 1 |
| CLOSE THE DRAPE | 1 |
| CLOSE THE DRAPERIES | 1 |
| DOWN THE SHADE | 1 |
| DRAW CURTAINS | 1 |
| DRAW DRAPES | 1 |
| DRAW SHADES | 1 |
| DRAW THE BLINDS DOWN | 1 |
| DRAW THE CURTAINS DOWN | 1 |
| DRAW THE DRAPERIES | 1 |
| DROP | 1 |
| FETCH THE SHADE DOWN | 1 |
| HOIST | 1 |
| JERK THE SHADES DOWN | 1 |
| LET DOWN THE BLINDS | 1 |
| LET THE SHADE DOWN | 1 |
| LOWER DOWN BLINDS | 1 |
| LOWER DOWN THE BLINDS | 1 |
| LOWER IT | 1 |
| LOWER SHADES | 1 |
| LOWER THE BLIND | 1 |
| LOWER THE CURTAIN | 1 |
| LOWER THE WINDOW SHADE | 1 |
| MAKE THE SHADE DOWN | 1 |
| PULL CORD | 1 |
| PULL DOWN THE CURTAIN | 1 |
| PULL DOWN THE WINDOW SHADE | 1 |
| PULL DOWN THE WINDOW SHADES | 1 |
| PULL DRAPES | 1 |
| PULL SHADE | 1 |
| PULL SHADES DOWN | 1 |
| PULL SHADES LOWER | 1 |
| PULL THE CURTAIN DOWN | 1 |
| PULL THE DRAPE | 1 |
| PULL THE WINDOW BLINDS DOWN | 1 |
| PULL THE WINDOW SHADES DOWN | 1 |
| PULL THEM | 1 |
| RAISE THE SHADES | 1 |
| RUN IT DOWN | 1 |
| SHADE | 1 |
| SHUT THE BLINDS | 1 |
| TIP THE BLINDS | 1 |
| YANK DOWN THE SHADES | 1 |
| YANK THE SHADE DOWN | 1 |
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