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Noun pull-off has 1 sense
- layby, lay-by, pull-off, rest area, rest stop - designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily; "in England they call a rest area a lay-by"
--1 is a kind of area
Verb pull-off has 4 senses
- pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off - pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
--1 is one way to pull, draw, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- pull off - cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"
--2 is one way to remove
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage - 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"
--3 is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
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Somebody ----s something
- draw off, draw away, pull off - remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
--4 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Somebody ----s something
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