English dictionary

pull off Meaning & Definition

Phonetic codes: P UH1 L AO1 F

What Does Pull Off Mean?

Pull Off is used as a verb meaning To remove by pulling. It is also used to mean To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult).

To remove by pulling.
Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.
To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult).
to pull off a heist
To turn off (a road onto the side of the road, or onto another road).
(transitive) After about a mile, we pulled off the main road onto a dirt track.
To begin moving and then move away; to pull away.
As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance.
To masturbate manually.

To achieve; to succeed at something difficult.
Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off?
(of a vehicle) To begin moving and then move away; to pull away.
As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance.
To masturbate.

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No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.

Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.

As soon as she got home, she pulled off her clothes.

to pull off a heist

Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off?

(transitive) After about a mile, we pulled off the main road onto a dirt track.

(intransitive) I think the car is overheating – we'd better pull off .

As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance.

After about a mile, we pulled off the main road onto a dirt track.

pull off (third-person singular simple present pulls off, present participle pulling off, simple past and past participle pulled off)