Pull offphrasal verb · pull
Meanings:
- To manage to make something happen.
- To succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected.
- Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute.
Examples:
- He won five straight games and pulled off one of thetournament's biggest upsets.
- I don't know how you pulled it off, but we're now $5,000 richer than we were yesterday.
- I never thought we'd everstage this play, but somehow we pulled it off.
