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View synonyms for pull-off

pull-off

[ pool-awf, -of ]

noun

  1. an act of pulling off:

    The inn is well worth a pull-off from the Interstate.

  2. a rest area at the side of a road where vehicles may park.


pull off

verb

  1. to remove (clothing) forcefully
  2. adverb to succeed in performing (a difficult feat)
  3. intr (of a motor vehicle, driver, etc) to move to the side of the road and stop
  4. intr (of a motor vehicle, driver, etc) to start to move
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pull-off1

First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase pull off
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Idioms and Phrases

Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute. For example, I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

The light pull-off enables a steady shooter to make surpassingly fine diagrams.

Most of the modern work reveals a tiny blue dot at the pull-off of the fine hair brush or pencil.

"My fingers are shaky, and this is a hard pull-off, or I'd have shown you the man who betrayed me," he said.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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