Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.
As soon as she got home, she pulled off her clothes.
2
Idiomatic To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult).
to pull off a heist
Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off?
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"Oh, I shall pull it off. I shall jolly well have to succeed," said Michael light-heartedly; feeling unusually confident.1920, Eric Leadbitter, Rain Before Seven, page 122:
‘Never thought I'd pull it off. Picked up that colour flick on the water first-rate. Movement, Edmund, damme, got it a treat on that water.’1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 56:
The preceding year, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the crown prince of Qatar, did a most un-Arab thing: he pulled off a palace coup, taking over the government from his father (who was vacationing in Europe at the time).2001 November 18, “What the Muslim World Is Watching”, in The New York Times, retrieved 26 Jul 2014:
In a frantic ending Blake and Crofts pulled off brilliant tackles and Hennessey a string of saves to keep Montenegro at bay and earn Speed his first qualifying success as Wales manager.2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:
3
Ambitransitive To turn off (a road onto the side of the road, or onto another road).
(transitive) After about a mile, we pulled off the main road onto a dirt track.
(intransitive) I think the car is overheating – we'd better pull off .
4
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
Slang, Usually, Vulgar, Of a male To masturbate manually.
pull-off
noun
Etymology From the phrasal verb pull off.
1
An area by the side of a road where vehicles may stop; a lay-by.
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The technique, when playing a string instrument, of using a finger of the fret hand to pluck a string by pulling the finger off the fretboard.