pull an avenue address over

pull an avenue address over
 v. phr.β€” Β«β€œPulling an avenue address over” is the topographical parlance for denying that your building’s real entrance is on, say, East Seventy-sixth Street.Β» β€”β€œOn The Avenue” by Ben McGrath New Yorker Nov. 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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