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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
pull off
1. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 2)
- pluck the flowers off the bush
• Syn:
pluck, tweak, pick off
• Derivationally related forms:
tweak (for: tweak)
• Hypernyms:
pull, draw, force
• Hyponyms:
tweeze
• Verb Group:
draw off, draw away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cause to withdraw (Freq. 1)
- We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. 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
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Group:
pluck, tweak, pick off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. 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:
negociate, bring off, carry off, manage
• Ant:
fail (for: manage)
• Hypernyms:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: manage)
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