He won five straight games and pulled off one of the tournament's biggest upsets.
I don't know how you pulled it off, but we're now $5,000 richer than we were yesterday.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pull off something — ˌpull ˈoff | ˌpull ˈoff sth derived (of a vehicle or its driver) to leave the road in order to stop for a short time Main entry: ↑pullderived … Useful english dictionary
pull off — (something) to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected. He won five straight games and pulled off one of the tournament s biggest upsets. I don t know how you pulled it off, but we re now $5,000 richer than we were yesterday … New idioms dictionary
pull off — verb 1. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 2) pluck the flowers off the bush • Syn: ↑pluck, ↑tweak, ↑pick off • Derivationally related forms: ↑tweak (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pull off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you pull off something very difficult, you succeed in achieving it. [V P n (not pron)] The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory... [V n P] It will be a very, very fine piece of mountaineering if they… … English dictionary
pull off — ► pull off informal succeed in achieving or winning (something difficult). Main Entry: ↑pull … English terms dictionary
pull off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pull off : present tense I/you/we/they pull off he/she/it pulls off present participle pulling off past tense pulled off past participle pulled off 1) to succeed in doing something that is difficult Hanley… … English dictionary
pull the wraps off something — take/pull/the wraps off something informal phrase to show or tell people something that has been kept secret Thesaurus: to tell or reveal a secret or secretssynonym Main entry: wrap … Useful english dictionary
pull off — verb a) To remove by pulling. Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering. b) To achieve; to succeed at something difficult. Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off? … Wiktionary
pull off — (smth) accomplish something remarkable He really is lucky in being able to pull off the new business merger with no problems … Idioms and examples
pull off — {v.}, {informal} To succeed in (something thought difficult or impossible); do. * /Ben Hogan pulled off the impossible by winning three golf tournaments in one year./ * /The bandits pulled off a daring bank robbery./ Compare: PUT ACROSS(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
