as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops
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Other than pulling off improbable victories over former champions, what did the Dutchman and Aussie have in common?
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Navy responds to pull off daring rescue The next morning, a Coast Guard airplane crew observed the woman and girl waving their arms before retreating back inside the sailboat's cabin.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
In a video of the daring moment, shared on the zoo's X (formerly Twitter) account, the primate can be seen pulling off the escape from his habitat by appearing to cartwheel off the tower's platform to lower himself closer to the ground.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
Despite his baseline handsomeness, Dempsey pulls off his role as a dorky outcast who secretly pays his high school’s queen bee to pretend to be his girlfriend with aplomb.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2024
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Navy responds to pull off daring rescue The next morning, a Coast Guard airplane crew observed the woman and girl waving their arms before retreating back inside the sailboat's cabin.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
In a video of the daring moment, shared on the zoo's X (formerly Twitter) account, the primate can be seen pulling off the escape from his habitat by appearing to cartwheel off the tower's platform to lower himself closer to the ground.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
Despite his baseline handsomeness, Dempsey pulls off his role as a dorky outcast who secretly pays his high school’s queen bee to pretend to be his girlfriend with aplomb.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2024
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“Pull off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20off. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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