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pulled out of the hat

pulled out of the hat is the simple past and past participle of pull out of the hat.

Meaning of pull out of the hat

Verb

pull out of the hat (third-person singular simple present pulls out of the hat, present participle pulling out of the hat, simple past and past participle pulled out of the hat)

  1. (idiomatic) To select at random, or seemingly at random.
    • Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC

Questions about pulled out of the hat

What is pulled out of the hat the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled out of the hat is the simple past and past participle of pull out of the hat.

Words near pulled out of the hat in the dictionary

  1. pulled out of a hat
  2. pulled out of one's arse
  3. pulled out of one's ass
  4. pulled out of the bag
  5. pulled out of the fire
  6. pulled out of the hat
  7. pulled over
  8. pulled pork
  9. pulled punches
  10. pulled rank
  11. pulled round

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