1
as in fulfilling
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
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2
as in rescuing
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bringing off
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Randhawa began fulfilling orders herself, sourcing ingredients from local stores and handing off jars in Manhattan parks during her lunch break.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026 -
These plays, Towns says, are just as important, just as fulfilling to his game as putting 30 points or 20 rebounds on the board.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Stars like Patrick Wilson, Bronwyn Newport, and Mayim Bialik have shared social media posts thanking the ASPCA for its decades of work rescuing animals, finding them homes, and fighting for their legal rights.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Given Southampton had only dropped points from a winning position twice in the previous 21 league games — Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic both rescuing a 1-1 draw apiece — a comeback seemed unlikely.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The six-member girl group, currently performing as a five-member group, as member Manon is on hiatus, made their Coachella debut on Friday.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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Several acts who have been plying their musical craft since the 1960s and are still performing well over half a century later are visiting Connecticut this week.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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Officers began life-saving measures and requested an ambulance to respond to the scene.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Harvesting rainwater has many benefits from saving money on your water bill to utilizing what freely falls from the sky for times when raindrops aren’t so abundant.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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This is a prerequisite for executing quantum algorithms.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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When that agent is sitting on top of your brokerage account or executing financial API calls, even a single failure can produce immediate, realized loss.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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First, in 2008, one of the central features of the crisis response was a commitment to bailing out capital, but little emphasis on helping ordinary people.—
Ganesh Sitaraman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
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But Horishima went off balance through the moguls, bailing out of his final jump.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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Humanity has never built an outpost on a world beyond Earth before, after all, so achieving that grand vision will be a heavy lift.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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In my view, understanding the obstacles to change is a critical step toward achieving this goal.—
Marie Helweg-Larsen,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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Best of luck accomplishing your goals today and, of course, do keep in touch.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
6 Apr. 2026
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Roxanne Perez, Charlotte Flair and Shayna Baszler each accomplishing the feat.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Bringing off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bringing%20off. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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