All pull off synonyms
pull off
P p verb pull off
- come to terms β to reach acceptance or agreement
- moult β (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
- commit β If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- latch onto β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- go out for β To go out for something means to try to do it or be chosen for it.
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- bring off β If you bring off something difficult, you do it successfully.
- hulled β retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.
- deal with β When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- do the trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- excorticate β (obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
- do justice to β to show to full advantage
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- execute β execution
- deliver the goods β to produce or perform something promised or expected
- hulling β the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- accomplish β If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- get with it β (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- hit pay dirt β to discover a source of wealth, success, etc.
- arrive at β to reach by traveling
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- delaminate β to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- molt β (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
- do one's thing β a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- copped β to catch; nab.
- make it β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- button up β to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
- be-have β to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- go in for β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- carry through β If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
- carry off β If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- get ready β the state or condition of being ready.
- luck out β the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- make a fortune β win, earn a vast amount of money
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- husking β the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
- attain β If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- desquamate β (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- figure out β a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- make the grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- make an impression β have impact
- worsted β that which is worst.