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pull something off

1. Inf. to manage to make something happen. Yes, I can pull it off. Do you think you can pull off this deal?

2. and pull something off (of) someone or something Lit. to tug or drag something off someone or something else. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Sam pulled the covers off the bed and fell into it, dead tired. He pulled off his clothes and stepped into the shower.

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Good commanders in the wars must be taken, be they never so ambitious; for the use of their service, dispenseth with the rest; and to take a soldier without ambition, is to pull off his spurs. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context He just stood up there, a-sailing around as easy and comfortable as if he warn't ever drunk in his life -- and then he begun to pull off his clothes and sling them. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context As foreign steamers would leave London at about the time of high-water, our plan would be to get down the river by a previous ebb-tide, and lie by in some quiet spot until we could pull off to one. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context			pull about pull ahead pull all the stops out pull alongside pull any punches pull apart pull around pull around to pull aside pull at pull away from pull back pull by pull chain pull down pull down over pull for pull hair out pull in pull in ears pull in front of pull into pull into a place pull leg pull no punches pull off pull on pull one over on pull oneself together pull oneself up by bootstraps pull or teeth pull out pull out all the stops pull out of pull out of a hat pull out of the fire pull over pull punches pull rank pull socks up pull something out of the bag pull strings Pull the other leg! pull the plug pull the rug from under pull the rug out pull the strings pull the wool over eyes pull through pull to pull to pieces			pull in pull in pull in pull in pull in pull in pull in ears pull in front of pull in horns pull in horns pull in horns pull in horns pull in one's horns Pull in Their Horns pull into pull into a place pull into shape Pull It Out of The Air Pull It Out of Thin Air pull leg pull leg pull leg pull leg pull leg pull leg Pull media pull model Pull my finger Pull No Punches Pull Notice Program pull off pull on pull on pull on pull on pull on pull on pull one over on pull one's weight pull oneself together pull oneself up by bootstraps pull or teeth pull out pull out pull out pull out pull out pull out pull out all the stops pull out all the stops pull out all the stops pull out all the stops pull out all the stops pull out all the stops Pull out method Pull out method pull out of pull out of a hat Pull Out of Hole pull out of the fire pull out of thin air

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