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pulls off

pulls off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull off.

Meaning of pull off

Verb

pull off (third-person singular simple present pulls off, present participle pulling off, simple past and past participle pulled off)

  1. (transitive) To remove by pulling.
    • Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult).
    • to pull off a heist
  3. (ambitransitive) To turn off (a road onto the side of the road, or onto another road).
    • (transitive) After about a mile, we pulled off the main road onto a dirt track.
  4. (intransitive) To begin moving and then move away; to pull away.
    • As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance.
  5. (reflexive, slang, transitive, usually, vulgar) To masturbate manually.

Questions about pulls off

What is pulls off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull off.

Words near pulls off in the dictionary

  1. pulls for
  2. pulls in
  3. pulls in one's horns
  4. pulls into
  5. pulls my finger
  6. pulls off
  7. pulls on
  8. pulls one over
  9. pulls one's finger out
  10. pulls one's finger out of one's arse
  11. pulls one's hair out

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