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pull off

verb pulls off · pulling off · pulled off

  1. transitive To remove by pulling. Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.
  2. idiomatic, transitive To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult). to pull off a heist
  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.
  4. intransitive, 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. reflexive, slang, transitive, usually, vulgar, of a male To masturbate manually.

    Similar: jerk off, abuse, bash one out, bate, beat it, beat off, crank one out, fap, frig, goon, jack off, jack it

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verb To remove by pulling

Françaissortir, retirer
Deutschabzupfen, wegziehen, ausziehen
Русскийоттащить ottaščitʹ, стянуть stjanutʹ

verb To achieve; to succeed at (something difficult)

Españolllevarse el gato al agua, poner una pica en Flandes, sacar adelante, llevar a cabo, pergeñar, verse bien con
Portuguêsconseguir
Françaiss'en sortir, s'en tirer
Deutschhinkriegen, durchziehen
Italianosbrogliare, riuscire
Русскийдобиться dobitʹsja, смочь smočʹ

verb To turn off (a road)

Españoldesviarse
Deutschabbiegen, herunterfahren, an den Straßenrand fahren
Русскийсъехать sʺjexatʹ

verb To begin moving and then move away

Deutschanziehen, wegziehen

verb To masturbate

Deutschsich einen runterholen

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@misc{pull_off_2026,
  title = {pull off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pull%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}