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pull something

Idioms  

  1. Play a trick, deceive someone, as in We thought he was trying to pull something when he claimed he had never picked up our tickets. It is often put as pull something on someone, as in I knew he was pulling something on me when he told me the wrong date. Also see pull a fast one.

Example Sentences

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I’ll try to pull something from my past that will connect me to feeling 16 again or 23 again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

The first two singles from her comeback album 143 have bombed, critically and commercially - so she really needed to pull something out of the bag for her MTV performance.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

“In moments when you need someone to pull something out of the hat,” England lock Ollie Chessum said, “Ben has been that person for us.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023

"Not everybody is in an economic position to be able just to pull something off the shelf and lose that potential revenue, and that's obviously just a privilege that she has."

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2023

Shifa was in serious danger but she’d managed to pull something from her pocket.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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