brought off

verb

past tense of bring off
1
as in performed
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 rescued
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 brought off Queer Eye’s final season brought off-screen drama but no chatter beyond that. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026 McKinley stands at about 20,310 feet, and the climber who was rescued was brought off the mountain from about 17,200 feet by Denali National Park and Preserve search and rescue personnel late Thursday afternoon. — Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 Real Madrid star Arda Guler was caught disagreeing with head coach Alvaro Arbeloa, after being brought off in Wednesday's 4-2 Champions League loss to Benfica. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 The exits of head coaches Ruben Amorim and Enzo Maresca have brought off-field upheaval for both clubs. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026 Jennings was brought off the practice squad as a fill-in. — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought off
  1. performed
  2. rescued
  3. fulfilled
  4. saved
  5. accomplished
  6. executed
  7. achieved
  8. carried out
Verb
  • Chazi Rutz, a professional skydiver from Arizona, told The Times that the two skydivers were part of a group training to set a California record for largest formation in the upright orientation performed by women.
    — Iris Kwok Follow Nov. 6, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The 2012 edition showed us there was genuine appetite for Dracula in audio, and that the epistolary structure of letters and diary entries actually works beautifully when performed by multiple voices.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of performed
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  • Velez told Devlin his wife and their two children were rescued.
    — Allen Devlin, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Her arrest has also cast uncertainty over the couple's nonprofit animal rescue operation, where Bittner reportedly cares for 600 animals rescued from neglect.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of rescued
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  • The gig fulfilled a longtime dream for Letterman, according to a Vulture interview with My Next Guest Needs No Introduction showrunner Isabel Richardson and Gilded Age executive producer Kate Churchill.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Orders reflect current demand, while sales represent past demand that's been fulfilled — and investors are always looking toward the future.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of fulfilled
Verb
  • Each of the birthday edition Huayras is stunning in its own way, but photos of the latest entry suggest the designer’s eponymous marque saved the best for last.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Offensively, kicker Brandon Aubrey saved a handful of drives from being complete washes, but the failure to execute continued to rear its head in the fourth quarter and overtime to assist Arizona in pulling out the win.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of saved
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  • The mission was accomplished with the creation of a 10-hectare farm on the property.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Coming into this program, there are so many people within our cohort who are incredibly talented, who have accomplished so many things.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of accomplished
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  • No one has been executed in the state since 2006 and California has the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In July, Florida executed two prisoners on the same day, the first double execution by a single state in nearly a decade.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of executed
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  • Vella and DeTore already achieved perfect synthesis of psychedelia and death-doom on Song of Salvation.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Investing involves market risk, including possible loss of principal, and there is no guarantee that investment objectives will be achieved.
    — Adam Frank, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of achieved
Verb
  • The administration did not specify in the October court records when the deportations would be carried out.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Photographs by Kenji Chiga for The New Yorker In 1945, toward the end of the Second World War, firebombings carried out by American B-29 Superfortress planes killed about a hundred thousand people in Tokyo.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of carried out

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“Brought off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brought%20off. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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