pull off
verb
pulled off; pulling off; pulls off
: to carry out despite difficulties : accomplish successfully against odds
the team pulled off an upset
Examples of pull off in a Sentence
the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops
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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell may have given his former offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson, some extra motivation to pull off a Week 2 upset.
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The Bears allowed the Vikings to pull off a fourth-quarter comeback victory.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
For the first time, Yamamoto wore a PitchCom device, going back and forth with Rortvedt on the pitch sequencing all the way through to Yamamoto being one out away from pulling off the no-hitter — when Yamamoto called for a cutter that Jackson Holliday got over the right field fence.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Delistings — when a home is pulled off the market without selling — jumped 57% from a year ago in July, the most recent month with available data.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The Bears allowed the Vikings to pull off a fourth-quarter comeback victory.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
For the first time, Yamamoto wore a PitchCom device, going back and forth with Rortvedt on the pitch sequencing all the way through to Yamamoto being one out away from pulling off the no-hitter — when Yamamoto called for a cutter that Jackson Holliday got over the right field fence.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Delistings — when a home is pulled off the market without selling — jumped 57% from a year ago in July, the most recent month with available data.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Pull off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20off. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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