pull off

verb

pulled off; pulling off; pulls off

transitive verb

: to carry out despite difficulties : accomplish successfully against odds

the team pulled off an upset

Synonyms

• accomplish
• achieve
• bring off
• carry off
• carry out
• commit
• compass
• do
• execute
• follow through (with)
• fulfill
• fulfil
• make
• negotiate
• perform
• perpetrate
• prosecute
• put through

Examples of pull off in a Sentence

the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops

Recent Examples on the Web

Brown said The Brooke at Bagley required 15 different layers of financing to pull off, including from the Ebiara fund, which was launched in 2022 to support Detroit's Black- and brown-owned development firms. —Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2024

The idea of also cheerleading our family to pull off the best Father's Day ever could easily tip this just-holding-it-together mom over the edge. —Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 June 2024

But the Korean segment, Cut, is elegant and cruel in a way that only the great Park Chan-wook can pull off. —EW.com, 2 June 2024

There is just so much funniness packed in there, with Kinane pulling off a laugh density of a one-liner comedian. —Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above