bring off
verb
brought off; bringing off; brings off
transitive verb
1
: to cause to escape : rescue
2
: to carry to a successful conclusion : achieve, accomplish
Synonyms
- accomplish
- achieve
- carry off
- carry out
- commit
- compass
- do
- execute
- follow through (with)
- fulfill
- fulfil
- make
- negotiate
- perform
- perpetrate
- prosecute
- pull off
- put through
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Example Sentences
the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic
Word History
First Known Use
1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1
bringing off
verb
1
as in fulfilling
to carry through (as a process) to completion the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- fulfilling
- performing
- carrying out
- executing
- achieving
- accomplishing
- pulling off
- carrying off
- doing
- going through
- making
- putting through
- implementing
- bringing about
- following through (with)
- prosecuting
- negotiating
- committing
- perpetrating
- completing
- finishing
- compassing
- realizing
- effecting
- working (at)
- winding up
- engaging (in)
- practicing
- effectuating
- attaining
- acing
- repeating
- nailing
- ending
- reenacting
- actualizing
- practising
- reduplicating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- failing
- skimping
- slurring
- slighting
2
as in rescuing
to remove from danger or harm had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic Synonyms & Similar Words
- rescuing
- saving
- bailing out
- delivering
- salvaging
- recovering
- liberating
- releasing
- emancipating
- freeing
- manumitting
- extricating
- disentangling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- gambling (with)
- compromising
- risking
- endangering
- jeopardizing
- venturing
- perilling
- imperiling
- periling
- hazarding
- adventuring
- imperilling