as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops
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Recent Examples of pull off
There is a bit of prep work involved in this dish, so assembling it ahead of time will make this recipe easier to pull off on a weeknight.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
While Trump returned to the White House this week, the upstart Commanders are two games from pulling off an improbable feat.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
All of the Ocean’s movies star a group of criminals pulling off increasingly daring heists.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
So, to pull off the Star Trek universal translator thing Meta’s interviewees dreamt about, the Seamless team started with sorting out the data scarcity problem.
—Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
While Trump returned to the White House this week, the upstart Commanders are two games from pulling off an improbable feat.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
All of the Ocean’s movies star a group of criminals pulling off increasingly daring heists.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
So, to pull off the Star Trek universal translator thing Meta’s interviewees dreamt about, the Seamless team started with sorting out the data scarcity problem.
—Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull off
Verb
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Parents and school boards have broad discretion to fulfill that important responsibility.—
Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
25 Jan. 2025
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The bookstore’s popularity has allowed Lewis, who is a longtime practitioner in the field of Afrocentric mental health, to fulfill a dream.—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Academy may well have made significant progress in reforming itself to be more inclusive; several presenters took care to note the 13,000 voting members who chose the winners (and The Weeknd broke his years-long boycott of the Grammys to perform this time).—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Salas-Lozano was indicted in April 2023 in connection with the July 2, 2021 encounter at the hospital, where he and the victim, a woman, were contracted to perform janitorial services.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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The mission went forward, was executed flawlessly, and Walton was returned to safety.—
Daniel Klaidman,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2025
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There was a tiny cell, its walls painted deep red and carved with graffiti, where prisoners who were to be executed were kept.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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When that trick can be achieved is one of the many questions hanging over Wolves’ midfield in the hours, days, weeks and months ahead.—
Steve Madeley,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Kane Brown achieves his fifth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200, as The High Road rides in at No. 7 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
2 Feb. 2025
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So, if customers won’t directly tell brands what’s wrong, what can those brands do to remedy the situation?—
Tom Lewis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some say that more and more match-goers have taken to spending the hours before games at the stadium and doing their drinking there, rather than in pubs.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Americans largely support the president's mass deportation plans, but disagree about how policies should be carried out.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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However, Russia appears to be using the troops as foot soldiers, using them to carry out mass ground assaults despite major losses in Kursk.—
Victoria Butenko,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Hill, 30, made a return to track in 2023, competing in the 60m at the USA Track and Field Masters Indoor Championships.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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LaVine became the Bulls’ all-time leader in 3-pointers made this season, passing Kirk Hinrich.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Thanks to the quick thinking of a Radford player (and apparent aspiring babysitter), the situation was safely resolved when the child was carried off the court.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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By the 15th minute of the opening day game against Bournemouth, the City Ground had to witness Danilo — normally the man with the most permanent smile in the Forest dressing room — being carried off in agony, after suffering a broken ankle.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Pull off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20off. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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