pulling off
Managing to achieve
Pulling off has two main senses.
The first is physical removal—peeling or stripping something away: She pulled off her gloves.
The second, more common in casual speech, means successfully accomplishing something difficult or unlikely: I can't believe we pulled off the heist, He somehow pulled off a last-minute victory.
This sense implies defying expectations.
- attainingReaching a goal
- achievingReaching a goal
- pullingForce toward oneself
- removalAct of taking away
- successFavorable outcome attained
accomplishment · dislodging · mastery · peeling · finesse · ingenuity · smooth operator · unfastening · extraction · execution · coup · stunt · bold move · triumph · against all odds · detaching · stripping · loosening
- undressingundressing, disrobing, stripping, getting undressed, removing
- sound productionvibration, resonance, tone color, timbre, pitch control
success vs failure in achievement
pulling offbotching
Doing something poorly
bungling · blowing it · messing up · screwing up · falling short