Pull Off

Definition: Pull Off

Pull Off

Verb

1. Pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush".

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".

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Pull Off

Crosswords: Pull Off

This big man is about to pull off your ears. (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont. Based on the novel by Stephen King.)

No way are you cool enough to pull off Clint. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

And I stop at a light, pull off so slow (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "pull off": pull off a coup ♦ pull off one's stockings ♦ pull off smb.'s mask ♦ pull off the gills of fish ♦ To pull off. Additional references.

Albanian

zbath (take off, unclothe), shqit (detach, disconnect, rip off, tear down, unstick), realizoj (achieve, actualize, attain, execute, fulfil, realize), nxjerr në krye, heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, compass, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, gain, get hold of, get on, implement, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, put across, realize), ‏نجح (achieve, arrive, bring off, click, flourish, get on, get through, go off well, make, make a go of it, make efficient, make good, make out, make the grade, manage, pan, pan out, pass, prosper, pull through, succeed, thrive, triumph, win out, work it), ‏قلع الملابس. (various references)

Bulgarian 

събувам, събличам (disarray, disrobe, divest, doff, remove, strip, take off, throw off, unclothe, undress, unrobe), успявам (answer, be in time for, get on, hack, make out, manage, pan out, succeed, win through), свалям (bring down, cast off, doff, douse, down, drop, drop off, get down, get off, land, lay, let off, overthrow, prang, prostrate, pull down, put down, put off, reach down, remove, ring down, rip down, rush, set down, shuck off, shuffle off, stretch, take down, take off, tear away, tear down, tear off, throw off, turn down, unbelt, uncap, unhorse, unship, vail), тръгвам (depart, drive off, get along, get going, get off, leave, pull away, put, put forth, sally, set forth, set off, set on, set out, shove off, start, wend, wend one's way), откъсвам (break away, break off, dissociate, island, pick off, prescind, pull, rend, rip off, tear away, tear off, tear out, tweak, uproot, win away), отмествам (dislodge, move aside, remove), махам (clean off, flap, get away, lash, motion, pick, remove, rip away, switch, take away, wag, waggle), потеглям (drive off, set forth, set off, start, start off), извършвам успешно. (various references)

Czech

zout (put off), stáhnout (call in, constrict, move out, shut down, strip). (various references)

Danish

saette signalet paa koer (to clear the signal, to pull off the signal). (various references)

Dutch

sein in de stand voorbijrijden toegestaan brengen (to clear the signal, to pull off the signal). (various references)

French

parking (pull in), réussir, réaliser, gagner, enlever (pull, put away, put off), démarrer (pull away, put off). (various references)

German

zuwege bringen (bring off), wegreißen (break off, pull down, snatch away, sweep away, tear away, tear down, tear off, to tear off, whip away), schaffen (accomplish, achieve, artistic work, bundle, bundle off, cause, cope, create, creation, enforce, establish, make, make out, manage, open up, put away, score, see off, to create, work), herunterziehen (drag down, move down, pull down), herunterreißen (pull down, rip down, tear down, whip off), drehen (be about, centre on, change, concern, contort, film, fix, grind, pull, revolve, roll, rotate, shift, slew, span, spin, spun, swivel, take, throw, to revolve, to turn, to twiddle, to twirl, to twist, turn, turn around, turn round, twiddle, twirl, twist, wangle, wheel, wind, work), ausziehen (discard, doff, draw out, extend, extract, move out, pull out, put off, put up, remove, set forth, set out, shed, slip off, strip, strip off, supplied, take off, take out, trace, undress, walk out), an land ziehen (land), abziehen (bottle, decal, deduct, detract, disengage, escape, fire, flay, go away, go off, move away, peel away, peel back, print, print off, pull out, remove, roll away, run off, sharpen, siphon off, skin, slope away, slope off, squeeze the trigger, strip, strip off, strop, subtract, subtraction, take away, take off, to deduct, to strop, to subtract, withdraw, withdrawal), abstraffen, abreißen (break down, break off, demolish, have down, level, pick, pluck, pull down, rip down, rip off, snap out, strip off, take down, tear away, tear off, to snap out, to tear off, yank off), abnehmen (administer, amputate, become less crass, buy, carry out, decline, decrease, deduct, diminish, drop, ebb, extract, flag, go down, hold, inspect, lessen, lift, lose weight, reduce one's weight, relieve, remove, shrink, slack off, slacken off, slim down, slow down, tail off, take away, take down, take off, thin down, to lose weight, to take down, to take off, unpeg, unship, wane, wanes). (various references)

Greek 

βάζω το σήμα σε θέση "ανοικτό", διευθετώ το σήμα σε θέση "ελεύθερη γραμμή". (various references)

Hebrew 

לשלוף (draw out, fish out, take off, unsheathe), לזכות (acquit, attain merit, be acquitted, be righteous, earn, gain, merit, succeed, win). (various references)

Hungarian

végrehajt (accomplish, carry out, effect, enforce, execute, fulfil, fulfill, implement, perform, prosecute, realize, to accomplish, to bring into effect, to bring to effect, to carry out, to consummate, to effect, to effectuate, to execute, to fulfil, to implement, to perform, to realize, work out), levesz (get off, photograph, take off, to get down, to unbuckle, to uncloak, to unmask, to unsling, unslung), lehúz (draw off, pull down, to chug sg, to draw down, to impress, to proof, to pull, to pull down, to strip), leemel (get down, get off, to get down, to get off), kivon (deduct, educe, extract, pull out, to defecate, to educe, to extract, to phase out, to pull out, to subtract), kihúz (cross out, delete, drag out, draw out, get out, obliterate, protract, pull out, score out, scratch out, spin out, strike out, to delete, to educe, to excise, to extract, to extricate, to line through, to obliterate, to protract, to pull out, to pull up, to rive sg away, to rive sg off, to unclench, to unclinch), gecizik (jerk off, to touch up). (various references)

Italian

terminare (accomodate, come out, conclude, end, finish, terminate), strappare (extort, extract, get torn, pluck, rend, rip, rip off, Rive, shred, snatch, snatch away, split, strip, tear, tear off, tug, wrench, wrest, yank). (various references)

Manx

tayrn jeh (draw off), speeiney (bark, bark as tree, barking, peel, pluck, pluck out, plucking, rind, skin, skinning, strip, tease out, teasing), ceau jeh (abdicate, lay aside, leave off, throw off). (various references)

Pig Latin

ullpay offay

Portuguese

tirar (abstract, bag, deduct, disbud, doff, drag out, force, get, get off, haul, iron out, lay hold of, lug, pick, pick up, pilfer, pluck, pull, pull out, put off, remove, rip, rub out, scour, take, take away, take off, take out, tear off, vail, withdraw, wrest), submeter-se (bend, bow, give of self, lie down, obey, submit, truckle, vail, yield), descobrir-se (unveil, vail), ceder (break, bring to one's knees, cede, convey, demise, desist, dispose of, fold, give in, give up, give way, go, hand over, humor, humour, indulge, knuckle under, part with, prelude, relinquish, resign, sag, sell, sink, spare, submit, succumb, to yield, transfer, truckle, vail, vend, weaken, yield). (various references)

Romanian

scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter). (various references)

Russian 

стянуть (filch, pilfer, pinch), стаскивать (steal), стащить (filch, scrounge, snitch, snoop), снять (dismount, doff, film, get off, remove, rent, shoot, take off, uncover, unhang), снимать (demount, dismast, dismount, doff, film, get off, remove, rent, shoot, skimming, take off, uncover, unhang, unhung, vail), сдергивать (jerk off, twitch off), сдернуть (rase off), выигрывать (gain, score, wins, won). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uspeti (bring off, climb, come through, make good, pan out, succeed), skinuti (decorticate, divest, do away, doff, get down, remove, shed, skim, strip, take down, take off, throw off, unfix, unhang, vail). (various references)

Spanish

quitarse (absent onself, come out, depart, dismiss, doff, draw off, get off, go away, leave, lift, put off, raise, shed, shuffle off, skin, slip off, take away, take off, throw, throw off, unseat, wash off, wear off), quitar (abstract, blow off, brush away, brush off, clear away, clear out, come off, encroach on, excise, get away, get off, get out, give, iron out, kill, knock off, knock out, lay, leak away, leak out, leave, lend, let away, litter, Parry, pick off, pinch, push off, relieve, remove, take away, take down, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw away, throw over, throw up, tidy away, trim away, trim off, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn off, twist off, wash away, wash off, weaken, weed, withdraw), lograr (accomplish, achieve, attain, bring off, come off, engineer, get, get off, jockey, land, obtain, pick up, reach, thread, throw out, touch, vanquish, win, wish, work), ganarse (earn, pick up), conseguir (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, compass, enlist, gain, get, get hold of, getting, land, obtain, procure, purchase, put across, put over, score, succeed, walk in, win), concluir con éxito, arrancar (abstract, blow away, draw, draw out, extort, extract, grub up, pick, pluck, pluck off, prise off, prize off, pull, pull away, pull out, pull up, put on, rip off, rip out, root up, start, start running, switch on, take away, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out, tear up, turn on, weed, win, wrest, wring). (various references)

Swedish

dra bort (distract, draw away, go away, pull away), dra av (deduct, discount, strip). (various references)

Turkish

soymak (bare, bark, burglarize, burgle, clean out, decorticate, denude, deplume, despoil, disrobe, divest, flay, fleece, heist, hold up, housebreak, knock off, pare, Peel, pluck, plunder, rifle, rip off, Rob, roll, sack, shave, shear, skin, stick up, strip, unclothe, undress, unrobe), koparmak (break, break off, cozen, cut off, deflorate, deflower, dissever, extort, pick, pick off, pluck, pry, rend, rip, rip off, Rive, rupture, snap, snap off, snatch, snatch away from, snatch from, sunder, take apart, tear, tear away, tear off, tear out, unstick, work, wring), kenara çekmek (draw apart, draw aside, pull, pull over, pull to the kerb), kazanmak (achieve, acquire, attain, be in pocket, bear the bell, carry away the bell, carry off, clean up, clear, come by, draw, earn, gain, garner, gather, get, get out of, land, net, obtain, purchase, realize, reap, take, win), gevşetme (relaxation), başarmak (accomplish, achieve, arrive, bring home the bacon, bring off, carry out, carry through, click, come through, compass, conquer, contrive, get things done, get through, hit the mark, make out, negotiate, overcome, pan out, pan out well, prosper, sew up, succeed, swing, tackle, win through), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak), çekme (allure, allurement, bearing, draft, draught, draw, drawing, extraction, haul, haulage, hitch, hoist, pluck, pull, pull out, shrinkage, shrinking, soak, throwback, towage, towaway, towing, traction, withdrawal), çekilme (abdication, breakaway, cession, contraction, defection, low water, pull out, reflux, resignation, retirement, walkout, withdrawal), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references)

Ukrainian

стягувати (astrict, astringe, constrict, shuffle off, subtend), відходити (backtrack, be off, belie, branch out, depart, digress, move back, move off, pull out, stand out, trek, walk away, walk off, withdraw, yield), вирушати (be off, depart, leave, march off, march out, put off, sally forth, set forth, set off, set out, start, trudge, wend). (various references)

exue, exuent, exuentes, exuerunt, exui, exuit, exuite, exuitur, exutum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: pouff.

-3 letters: flop, foul, full, loup, luff, poll, pouf, puff, pull.

-4 letters: flu, fop, fou, lop, off, pol, pul, upo.

-5 letters: lo, of, op, up.