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pull off

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pull off in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. be successful; achieve a goal
    "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
    pull off  negociate  bring off  carry off  manage 
  2. remove by drawing or pulling
    "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
    draw off  draw away  pull off 
  3. pull or pull out sharply
    "pluck the flowers off the bush"
    pluck  tweak  pull off  pick off 
  4. cause to withdraw
    "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"
    pull off 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


pull off in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To remove by pulling.
  2. (verb) (idiom) To achieve; to succeed at something difficult.
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