pull off
[verb]
Synonyms: succeed, accomplish, carry out, do the trick, manage

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English Thesaurus: succeed, manage, achieve, accomplish, make it, ...

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pull off phrasal verb (see also pull)

1. pull something ↔ off informal to succeed in doing something difficult:
The goalkeeper pulled off six terrific saves.

2. pull off (something) to drive a car off a road in order to stop, or to turn into a smaller road:
We pulled off the road to get some food.

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succeed verb [intransitive] to do something you tried or wanted to do:
Will they succeed in winning the election?
He wanted to make her jealous, and he succeeded.
manage verb [intransitive] to succeed in doing something difficult, after trying hard. Manage to do something is very commonly used instead of succeed in doing something in everyday English:
He finally managed to find an apartment near his office.
Don’t worry – I’m sure we’ll manage somehow.
achieve verb [transitive] to succeed in doing something good or important:
She’s achieved a lot in the short time she’s been with the company.
If we are to achieve our goals, we have to plan properly.
accomplish verb [transitive] formal to achieve something:
The government accomplished its objective of reducing violent crime.
What do you hope to accomplish this year?
make it to be successful in your career, or to succeed in reaching a place or part of a competition:
Only a few people make it to the top and become professional singers.
We finally made it to Chicago.
Which two teams will make it to the final?
pull off phrasal verb to succeed in doing something, especially when you could easily have not succeeded. Pull off sounds rather informal:
Italy pulled off a great victory over Germany.
I’d never performed on my own before, and wasn’t sure if I could pull it off.

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pull off
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.

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pull 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.

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pull off
to accomplish something remarkable; to succeed in doing something difficult or impossible
My friend is lucky that he pulled off the new business venture with no problems.

The contract seemed impossible to win but we pulled it off through our skillful negotiating.

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pull something off
to accomplish something remarkable; to succeed in doing something difficult or impossible
My friend is lucky that he pulled off the new business venture with no problems.

The contract seemed impossible to win but we pulled it off through our skillful negotiating.

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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 ACROSS².

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