单词 | pull-off |
释义 | pull-off[ pool-awf, -of ] / ˈpʊlˌɔf, -ˌɒf / nounan act of pulling off: The inn is well worth a pull-off from the Interstate. a rest area at the side of a road where vehicles may park. Origin of pull-offFirst recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase pull off Words nearby pull-offpulling teeth, pull in one's horns, Pullman, pullman kitchen, pull no punches, pull-off, pull-on, pull oneself together, pull oneself up by the bootstraps, pull one's punches, pull one's weight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pull-off
British Dictionary definitions for pull-offpull off verb (tr)to remove (clothing) forcefully (adverb) to succeed in performing (a difficult feat) (intr) (of a motor vehicle, driver, etc) to move to the side of the road and stop (intr) (of a motor vehicle, driver, etc) to start to move Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pull-offpull off Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute. For example, I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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