Lexic.us

Definition of Pull off

1. Verb. Pull or pull out sharply. "Pluck the flowers off the bush"

2. Verb. Cause to withdraw. "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"

3. Verb. Be successful; achieve a goal. "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

4. Verb. Remove by drawing or pulling. "Draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"

Definition of Pull off

1. Verb. To remove by pulling. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To achieve; to succeed at something difficult. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pull Off

pull an all-nighter pull an oar pull apart pull at pull away pull back pull chain pull down pull factor pull factors

pull from the fire pull in pull in one's horns pull my finger pull off (current term) pull on pull one's finger out pull one's head in pull one's own weight pull one's punches

pull one's socks up pull one's weight pull oneself together pull oneself up by one's bootstraps pull out all the stops pull out of the fire

Literary usage of Pull off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electric Traction: A Treatise on the Application of Electric Power to by Alfred Thomas Dover (1917)
"Hence the tension j in pull-off wire No. 4, which is radial, will be 169+ * =169+183=352 lb., and the tension in Nos. 3 and 5 70O v 1^-05 ou will be 188+— ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"Mr. Darnell. You say you saw several persons bring out mate-nuls: How many might there be ? " Eaton. I heard him say, pull off your hat. Eaton. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"The Saint surrounded by a demon, trying to pull off his mantle, and three female figures; the one ft. 2 in. St. Anthony enthroned on a pedestal •with ..."

4. A Collection of Poems by Robert Dodsley (1758)
"... nor pull off the magical fetters, Till you rife in the morn about family matters. ... pull off ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"It relates to what is known as a "pull off." In these machines the thread is held under tension, and the needle was obliged to pull off the thread against ..."

6. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Division by John Daggett, Amelia Daggett Shellfield (1894)
"He was ordered to pull off his hat, while in the presence of the people's soldiers. Here, before the whole company, he was compelled to enter into an ..."

7. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"6 ' pull off, pull off thy silken gown, And deliver it unto me ; Methinks ... 9 ' If I must pull off my Holland smock, Pray turn thy back unto me ; For it ..."

8. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"Tho pull-off of trigger is anally, a pull-off of trigger regulated and made as ... A pull off of not more than five or six pounds, and a sharp and certain ..."

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