pull+off
11pull 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? …
12Pull-off — Die musikalische Vortragsanweisung legato (ital. „gebunden“) gibt an, dass die Töne einer Melodienfolge ohne akustische Unterbrechung erklingen sollen. Die Kennzeichnung geschieht durch einen Bindebogen über den Noten oder – bei längeren Passagen …
13Pull off — Die musikalische Vortragsanweisung legato (ital. „gebunden“) gibt an, dass die Töne einer Melodienfolge ohne akustische Unterbrechung erklingen sollen. Die Kennzeichnung geschieht durch einen Bindebogen über den Noten oder – bei längeren Passagen …
14pull off — phr verb Pull off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑boot, ↑coat, ↑coup, ↑cover, ↑feat, ↑freeway, ↑glove, ↑helmet, ↑highway, ↑hood, ↑interstate, ↑jacket, ↑ …
15pull off — American to refrain improperly from investigating a crime or prosecuting a criminal From the meaning, to draw back from: The detectives who were offered all kinds of inducements to pull off... (Lavine, 1930) …
16pull off — (smth) accomplish something remarkable He really is lucky in being able to pull off the new business merger with no problems …
17pull 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 …
18pull off something — 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 …
19pull off — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove] Syn. detach, separate, yank off, wrench off; see remove 1 . 2. [*To achieve] Syn. accomplish, manage, succeed; see achieve 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. Informal. To begin and carry through to completion …
20pull off — they pulled off a daring crime Syn: achieve, fulfill, succeed in, accomplish, bring off, carry off, perform, discharge, complete, clinch, fix, effect, engineer …
