B2idiominformalsuccessIELTS-friendly
pull it off
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to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected
'It' can be replaced by a noun: 'pull off a deal', 'pull off a surprise party'. Often used with 'manage to'.
In context
Planning a wedding in three weeks was crazy, but somehow they pulled it off.
Nobody thought our small team could win the contract, but we pulled it off.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a close calla situation in which you only just avoid danger or failure
- a dream come truesomething you have wanted for a long time that has finally happened
- a feather in your capan achievement that you can be proud of and that may help you later
- a flash in the pana sudden success that does not last or happen again