Pull off

verb

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.verbTo remove by pulling.

"As soon as she got home, she pulled off her clothes."

2.verbTo achieve; to succeed at something difficult.

"Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off?"

3.verbTo turn off a road (onto the side of the road, or onto another road).

"After about a mile, we pulled off the main road onto a dirt track."

4.verb(of a vehicle) To begin moving and then move away; to pull away.

"As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance."

5.verbTo masturbate.

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