pull+off

  • 121pull away — intransitive verb Date: circa 1934 1. to draw oneself back or away ; withdraw 2. to move off or ahead …

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  • 122pull station — noun A button, lever, or other device in a building used to set off the fire alarm when manually pulled, pushed or otherwise activated …

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  • 123pull the string — verb To throw an off speed pitch, a change up, to cause the hitter to swing early and miss …

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  • 124pull over — to move a vehicle to the side of a road and stop. Roger pulled over so we could study the map. The bus pulled over to let the children off …

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  • 125pick off — verb 1. shoot one by one (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑shoot, ↑pip • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 1) pluck the flowers off the bush …

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  • 126to pluck off — Pluck Pluck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl[ u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. ?27.] 1. To pull; to draw. [1913 Webster] Its own nature . . . plucks …

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  • 127To tear off — Tear Tear (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to… …

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  • 128bring off — verb 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, ↑ …

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