pull off
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pull or pull out sharply
pluck the flowers off the bush
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to withdraw
We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Sense 3 verb
be successful; achieve a goal
She succeeded in persuading us all
Types & categories
- bring home the bacon hypernym
Related & opposite
- fail antonym
Sense 4 verb
remove by drawing or pulling
She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- pluck verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tweak |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | draw off |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tweeze |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | fail |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring home the bacon |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | pluck |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |