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Definition of Bring off
1. Verb. Be successful; achieve a goal. "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
Generic synonyms: Bring Home The Bacon, Come Through, Deliver The Goods, Succeed, Win
Antonyms: Fail
Definition of Bring off
1. Verb. To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To rescue; to liberate. ¹
3. Verb. To bring away from; to bring by boat from a ship, a wreck, the shore, etc. ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete) To prove; to demonstrate; to show clearly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bring Off
Literary usage of Bring off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... battery that he could not bring off his guns ; but as our infantry held its
ground, they did not fall into the hands of the enemy. ..."
2. Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones: A Captain in the Navy by John Henry Sherburne (1825)
"... to do no injury of any kind, to make no search, but only to bring off what
plate was given them; that in reality they did exactly as ordered, ..."
3. A Compendious View of the Late Tumults & Troubles in this Kingdom, by Way of by James Wright (1685)
"... and Mole atr<«9g«?r, to choke up the Haven, and to bring off the Ordinance,
... bring off ..."
4. Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity by Worcester Society of Antiquity (Mass, Worcester Society of Antiquity (Mass.) (1882)
"Voted that the Revd Mr. Mccarty have Liberty to Cut & bring off from the said
School land 15 loads of wood. The above Committee is directed to see that no ..."
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