pull off | Idiomator

Meaning: Toremovebypulling.Pull offold blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.As soon as she got home, shepulled offher clothes.; (idiomatic)Toachieve; tosucceedat somethingdifficult.Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she canpullitoff?1920, Eric Leadbitter,Rain Before Seven, page122:"Oh, I shallpull it off. I shall jolly well have to succeed," said Michael light-heartedly; feeling unusually confident.1938,Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page56:‘Never thought I'dpullitoff. Picked up that colour flick on the water first-rate. Movement, Edmund, damme, got it a treat on that water.’2001November 18, “What the Muslim World Is Watching”, inThe New York Times, retrieved26 July 2014:The preceding year, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the crown prince of Qatar, did a most un-Arab thing: hepulled offa palace coup, taking over the government from his father (who was vacationing in Europe at the time).2011September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, inBBC‎[1]:In a frantic ending Blake and Croftspulled offbrilliant tackles and Hennessey a string of saves to keep Montenegro at bay and earn Speed his first qualifying success as Wales manager.; Toturn offaroad(onto thesideof the road, or onto another road).After about a mile, wepulled offthe main road onto a dirt track.; (of a vehicle)Tobeginmovingand then move away; topull away.As the police approached, the carpulled offand sped away into the distance.; (transitive,reflexive,vulgar,slang,usually of a male)Tomasturbatemanually.

Examples:

EN: I'll pull off your boots first, though.
ES: Pero primero te sacaré las botas.
EN: Only you can pull off this deal.
ES: Eres el único que puede cerrar este trato.
EN: If you're not over here right away, I'm coming over to that joint of yours and pull off the front door.
ES: Como no vengas inmediatamente, voy a ese antro tuyo y echo la puerta abajo.
EN: We'll pull off that job just fine, won't we, gentlemen?
ES: Seremos capaces de arreglárnoslas. ¿Qué me dicen, caballeros?
EN: well, did you pull off another coup?
ES: ¿Has conseguido dar otro golpe?
EN: Well, Lefty, looks like me and my blonde lady friend here is gonna pull off some swell stick ups.
ES: Te presento a una rubia muy elegante que nos ayudará con el atraco.
EN: Helga .. pull off my boot.
ES: Helga, quítame las botas.
EN: -We'd better pull off this main road and lay low until morning.
ES: Sería mejor que saliéramos de la carretera principal y nos escondiésemos hasta mañana.
EN: To pull off a job like this, you have to be alone.
ES: Para un trabajo así hay que andar solo.
EN: You don't pull off jobs in fancy hotels, do you?
ES: ¡No quiero robar en ningún gran hotel!
EN: Freddie Duane and all the rest of them pull off an event called the Chicken's Ball.
ES: Freddie Duane y el resto hacen un evento llamado El Baile del Pollo.
EN: Some of the kids would pull off their legs and fry them in bonfires.
ES: Algunos niños las torturaban y las asaban en hogueras.
EN: Even if people don't see your face, this isn't some trick you can pull off without any training.
ES: Aunque la gente no vea tu cara, este no es un truco que puedes hacer sin entrenamiento.
EN: Tell me once more this job is too dangerous for me to pull off alone.
ES: Solo repito que es posible.
EN: It'll be awarded to the scientist who'll pull off a masterpiece.
ES: Y será otorgado al científico que lleve a término la obra del maestro.

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