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Definition of BRING OFF

1

to carry through (as a process) to completion <the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear>

Synonyms accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through

Related Words bring about, effect, effectuate, implement; ace, nail; engage (in), practice (also practise); work (at); reduplicate, reenact, repeat; actualize, attain, realize; complete, end, finish, wind up

Near Antonyms fail; skimp, slight, slur

2

to remove from danger or harm <had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic>

Synonyms bail out, bring off, deliver, rescue

Related Words salvage; emancipate, free, liberate, manumit, release; disentangle, extricate; recover

Antonyms adventure, compromise, endanger, gamble (with), hazard, imperil, jeopardize, peril, risk, venture