pull off

1. 1.

   pull or pull out sharply

   “pluck the flowers off the bush”

   Synonymsplucktweakpick off

   Broaderpull

   Narrowertweeze
2. 2.

   cause to withdraw

   “We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged”

   Broaderremove
3. 3.

   be successful; achieve a goal

   “She succeeded in persuading us all”

   “I managed to carry the box upstairs”

   “She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it”

   “The pianist negociated the difficult runs”

   Synonymsnegociatebring offcarry offmanage

   Broadersucceed
4. 4.

   remove by drawing or pulling

   “She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth”

   “draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese”

   Synonymsdraw offdraw away

   Broaderremove

Questions about pull off

What does pull off mean?

pull off means "pull or pull out sharply". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pull off?

Close synonyms include pluck, tweak, pick off, negociate, bring off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pull off a common word?

pull off is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.