He's one of those players who, just when you think the game's over, can pull a rabbit out of the hat.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pull a rabbit out of the hat — pull a rabbit out of the (or a) hat used to describe an action that is fortuitous, and may involve sleight of hand or deception a rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat * * * pull sth/a ˌrabbit out of the ˈhat idiom (informal) to… … Useful english dictionary
pull a rabbit out of the hat — pull sth/a rabbit out of the hat INFORMAL ► to do something unexpected that improves a difficult situation: »If they want to survive the crisis, they ll need to pull something out of the hat pretty quickly. »The company s in real trouble, and… … Financial and business terms
pull something rabbit out of the hat — pull sth/a ˌrabbit out of the ˈhat idiom (informal) to suddenly produce sth as a solution to a problem Main entry: ↑pullidiom … Useful english dictionary
pull a rabbit out of your hat — pull a rabbit out of (your) hat to do something surprising. You didn t know how the story would end and then the author pulled a rabbit out of her hat, and it all made sense. Usage notes: sometimes used to describe a surprising solution to a… … New idioms dictionary
pull sth/a rabbit out of the hat — INFORMAL ► to do something unexpected that improves a difficult situation: »If they want to survive the crisis, they ll need to pull something out of the hat pretty quickly. »The company s in real trouble, and they don t seem to have any rabbits… … Financial and business terms
pull a rabbit out of hat — pull a rabbit out of (your) hat to do something surprising. You didn t know how the story would end and then the author pulled a rabbit out of her hat, and it all made sense. Usage notes: sometimes used to describe a surprising solution to a… … New idioms dictionary
pull sth out of the hat — pull sth/a rabbit out of the hat INFORMAL ► to do something unexpected that improves a difficult situation: »If they want to survive the crisis, they ll need to pull something out of the hat pretty quickly. »The company s in real trouble, and… … Financial and business terms
rabbit — rabbitlike, rabbity, adj. /rab it/, n., pl. rabbits, (esp. collectively) rabbit for 1 3. 1. any of several soft furred, large eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha,… … Universalium
pull out of a hat — to produce irresponsibly As the conjurer produces the rabbit: The Veterinary journal said he pulled figures out of a hat to fit his arguments . (Private Eye, May 1981) Pull out of the air has the same meaning … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
pull — Used in the context of general equities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: cancel. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * pull pull [pʊl] verb pull in phrasal verb [transitive] 1. pull something → in informal to earn a large amount of money … Financial and business terms
