Synonyms for pull off
pull off

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1. pull-off, rest area, rest stop, layby, lay-byverb

   designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily

   Synonyms:
   lay-by, rest area, layby, pull-off, rest stop

2. pluck, tweak, pull off, pick offverb

   pull or pull out sharply

   "pluck the flowers off the bush"

   Synonyms:
   fleece, cull, manage, bring off, surcharge, carry off, hustle, pick, deplume, hook, displume, pluck, tweak, fine-tune, pull, roll, overcharge, tear, soak, plunk, negociate, draw away, gazump, rob, deplumate, pick off, plume, draw off

3. pull offverb

   cause to withdraw

   "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"

   Synonyms:
   carry off, manage, bring off, pluck, draw off, tweak, pick off, draw away, negociate

4. pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manageverb

   be successful; achieve a goal

   "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 negociated the difficult runs"

   Synonyms:
   bear off, negotiate, bring off, finagle, care, talk terms, eliminate, bear away, supervise, eradicate, grapple, decimate, wield, deal, manage, contend, do, oversee, wangle, annihilate, make out, carry away, wipe out, negociate, pick off, handle, draw away, draw off, take away, extinguish, cope, tweak, make do, get by, superintend, carry off, pluck

5. draw off, draw away, pull offverb

   remove by drawing or pulling

   "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"

   Synonyms:
   carry off, manage, draw away, tweak, draw off, withdraw, take out, bring off, draw, pluck, pick off, negociate

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1. Al Sharpton:

   It would be interesting. Bloomberg is one of the few people who could pull off a credible independent candidacy for president, for African-Americans and Latino voters, a 50-state run will enhance our leverage and get our interests addressed. We wouldn't just be focusing on a few primary states.

2. Mark Andersen:

   Some( voters) don't have homes -- some of my staff don't have homes that worked this election -- so I think the important part( is) to realize that we actually were able to pull off a successful election with checks and balances.

3. Katy Duhigg:

   The sad truth is that safe and fair elections are under attack, the folks that work so hard to organize and pull off elections, from the Secretary of State to our County Clerks to poll volunteers and voters, should never be subjected to threats of any nature.

4. Jonathan Sander:

   These are the lazy young people who use the easy ways to pull off simple, well known exploits that mostly work against similarly lazy, ill defended targets.

5. Bill Dudley:

   The Fed's why soft landings are so difficult to pull off, by the time you know you've overdone it, the next thing you know, you're already in a recession.