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pull off
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pull off
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pull off
(wn) | pull off
v 1: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
[syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off]
2: cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project
because they overcharged"
3: be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading
us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled
it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The
pianist negociated the difficult runs" [syn: pull off,
negociate, bring off, carry off, manage] [ant:
fail]
4: remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and
drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering
the cheese" [syn: draw off, draw away, pull off] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
To pull off
(gcide) | Pull \Pull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pulling.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall,
piol, spiol.]
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. --Shak.
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He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
--Gen. viii.
9.
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2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
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He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in
pieces; he hath made me desolate. --Lam. iii.
11.
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3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to
pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
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4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one;
as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
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5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning;
as, the favorite was pulled.
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6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; --
hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
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7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See
Pull, n., 8.
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Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --R. H.
Lyttelton.
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To pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. " Both are
equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable
to do. " --South.
To pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to
pull down a house. " In political affairs, as well as
mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up."
--Howell. " To raise the wretched, and pull down the
proud." --Roscommon.
To pull a finch. See under Finch.
To pull off, take or draw off.
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