pull off
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transitive verbDefinition of PULL OFF
: to carry out despite difficulties : accomplish successfully against odds <the team pulled off an upset>
Examples of PULL OFF
- <the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops>
First Known Use of PULL OFF
1883
Related to PULL OFF
- Synonyms
- accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perpetrate, prosecute, perform, put through
Rhymes with PULL OFF
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