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Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): pull off (something)
to steer or turn a vehicle off the road. • I pulled off the road and rested for a while. • I had to pull off and rest.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute. For example, I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms