From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pull off
v 1: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
[syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off]
2: cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project
because they overcharged"
3: 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" [syn: pull off,
negociate, bring off, carry off, manage] [ant:
fail]
4: remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and
drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering
the cheese" [syn: draw off, draw away, pull off]