pull off

verb

pulled off; pulling off; pulls off

transitive verb

: to carry out despite difficulties : accomplish successfully against odds
the team pulled off an upset

Examples of pull off in a Sentence

the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops
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That’s how the U.S. pulled off the historic first fusion ignition, producing net positive energy at the Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility, or NIF, in 2022. Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025 Remember when DeSantis declared that Florida pulled off the most secure election in the country in 2020? Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025 How Severance’s Zach Cherry Had a Love Triangle With Himself His first time playing a romantic leading man was in a plot only Severance could pull off. Britina Cheng, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025 Again, this seems like the kind of thing any Xbox player could pull off for themselves without any help from Copilot. Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pull off

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pull off was in 1883

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“Pull off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20off. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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