Verb
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remove by drawing or pulling
"She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"
"draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
- draw off - draw away -
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"
- negociate - bring off - carry off -
cause to withdraw
"We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"
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pull or pull out sharply
"pluck the flowers off the bush"
- pick off