PULLING OFF Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

pulling off

verb

present participle of pull off

as in fulfilling

to carry through (as a process) to completion the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops

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Recent Examples of pulling off Instead, Ott promptly began his journey home again after pulling off the road. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 Similarly, Hull City have spent £20m on Greek No 1 Konstantinos Tzolakis, renowned for, above all else, pulling off excellent saves. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 JSerra transfer Gino Wang made his debut at quarterback for Servite, and the junior signal-caller showed flashes of what could come this season, making multiple incisive passes and pulling off a big 20-yard run on fourth down. — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Obviously, the Yankees were happy with the outcome after pulling off a 5-3 win. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 That can lead to structural problems, from drawer fronts pulling off to flimsy drawer bottoms sagging or falling out under the weight of their contents. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 14 Aug. 2026 In fact, Murai was nervous about pulling off such a long scene of an actor effectively just reading out names and circling them with a marker pen. — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026 With SpaceX just pulling off the biggest IPO in history and Anthropic and OpenAI widely expected to follow, these school funds could be sitting on the next windfall. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 Jordan’s Thomas is shown pulling off a number of breathtaking stunts, including stealing a priceless Van Gogh painting and romancing an investigator played by Adria Arjona. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulling off

Verb

Early Mormon teaching also interpreted plural marriage as fulfilling a divine decree to increase the population.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Next up, if the deal closes as expected in a couple weeks, is the plan to start finding those $6 billion in cost synergies between the companies while fulfilling the rules-of-the-road in the consent decree.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfilling

Verb

Sandy praises her crew for performing efficiently under pressure, and gives out the $1,807 each of them earned from a $23,500 tip.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
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— Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of performing

Verb

The 30-logical-qubit demonstration represents an important data point in the industry’s effort to move from isolated quantum experiments toward machines capable of executing increasingly long and reliable computations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Most importantly, ask whether your team has started avoiding good ideas because executing them on the website feels too difficult.

— James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of executing

Verb

Curtis had a difficult time rebuilding the staff at her clubs on the way out of the pandemic — accomplishing that only with the help of comics who promoted her efforts on their podcasts.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Achievement is much more useful when the person accomplishing it still likes the life waiting afterward.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplishing

Verb

It may be overlooked, considering how comfortable Suzuki appears when carrying out Unai Emery’s ploy of his backline baiting an opponent’s press, but at Parma, he was required to kick mostly long.

— Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Despite their return, the Sussexes will remain as non-working royals and will not be carrying out any official royal engagements on behalf of the sovereign, says the document, sent by Lord Chamberlain, a top Palace official, according to the BBC.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of carrying out

Verb

Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand and the two countries can contribute to each other's success, thereby benefiting the wider world.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
But his collaborators helped turn Beck into a cultural product, making videos, shooting photos, providing musical inspiration for samples.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026