PULL OFF


Meaning of PULL OFF in English

1.

If you pull off something very difficult, you succeed in achieving it.

The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory...

It will be a very, very fine piece of mountaineering if they pull it off.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P

2.

If a vehicle or driver pulls off the road, the vehicle stops by the side of the road.

I pulled off the road at a small village pub...

One evening, crossing a small creek, he pulled the car off the road.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n , V n P n

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