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pulls out of the hat

pulls out of the hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pulls out of the hat

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

Words near pulls out of the hat in the dictionary

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

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