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pull-off
[ pool-awf, -of ]
noun
- an act of pulling off:
The inn is well worth a pull-off from the Interstate.
- a rest area at the side of a road where vehicles may park.
pull off
verb
- to remove (clothing) forcefully
- adverb to succeed in performing (a difficult feat)
- intr (of a motor vehicle, driver, etc) to move to the side of the road and stop
- intr (of a motor vehicle, driver, etc) to start to move
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pull-off1
Idioms and Phrases
Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute. For example, I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s]Example Sentences
Among the most grizzly of the injuries on his job sheet is what's known as a "face pull-off", in which the actor's face appears to be ripped away from their head.
Maryland transportation officials and Franchot鈥檚 office later said the comptroller had no influence on the Maryland State Highway Administration鈥檚 decision to reject the pull-off area, known as a layby, for safety reasons.
State highway officials would later consider the developer鈥檚 application for a delivery truck pull-off area on a state road, which is critical to the project advancing.
鈥淭here was certainly a pull-off of the kinds of the missions we were trying to do to accommodate that visit.鈥
As the paved highway winds through the Wood River Valley, there are multiple pull-off points to allow drivers to view the stars.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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