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[ verb ] pull or pull out sharply
Examples "pluck the flowers off the bush" Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)They had stripped him of his musket and equipment , and now they were pulling his boots and jacket off . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)`` You know what she likes , Winston '' , he had said wearily , one evening in November when Winston was pulling_off his overshoes . |
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[ verb ] cause to withdraw
Examples "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged" Used in print (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)The announcement that the city would sue for recovery on the performance_bond was made by City_Solicitor_David_Berger at a press_conference following a meeting in the morning with Wagner and other officials of the city and the PTC as_well as representatives of an engineering firm that was pulled_off the El project before its completion in 1959 . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be successful; achieve a goal
Examples "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 negotiated the difficult runs" |
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