pull something off

pull something off
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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