pull off
verb
pulled off; pulling off; pulls off
: to carry out despite difficulties : accomplish successfully against odds
the team pulled off an upset
Synonyms of pull off
Examples of pull off in a Sentence
the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops
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Nor does Hemsworth’s character drop into some exotic locale and attempt to pull off a black-ops mission alongside a team of fellow mercenaries.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Garrett traveled to Italy to watch his girlfriend, Chloe Kim, try to pull off a three-peat as the Olympic snowboarding women’s halfpipe gold medalist at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
The mobsters turned the van around, pulled off the highway and dumped Gasso in a patch of poison ivy along the Connecticut River in Wethersfield.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
Brown backed up his belief Tuesday night, coming off the bench to score 23 points and help visiting Lincoln-Way East pull off a thrilling 54-53 SouthWest Suburban Conference win over district rival Lincoln-Way Central in overtime in New Lenox.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Garrett traveled to Italy to watch his girlfriend, Chloe Kim, try to pull off a three-peat as the Olympic snowboarding women’s halfpipe gold medalist at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
The mobsters turned the van around, pulled off the highway and dumped Gasso in a patch of poison ivy along the Connecticut River in Wethersfield.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
Brown backed up his belief Tuesday night, coming off the bench to score 23 points and help visiting Lincoln-Way East pull off a thrilling 54-53 SouthWest Suburban Conference win over district rival Lincoln-Way Central in overtime in New Lenox.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Pull off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20off. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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