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

Synonyms

• accomplish
• achieve
• bring off
• carry off
• carry out
• commit
• compass
• do
• execute
• follow through (with)
• fulfill
• fulfil
• make
• negotiate
• perform
• perpetrate
• prosecute
• put through

Examples of pull off in a Sentence

the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle. —Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024

Emiliano Martinez had pulled off a miraculous save earlier in the half but was now lying on the floor after clattering into the post trying to save the header. —Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024

The keen and talented whites who can mimic this commodification of Blackness pull off a second abduction and enslavement in many ways. —Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024

But could general manager Brian Cashman pull off an insane trade for Tucker and Cody Bellinger? —Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above