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English verb: bring off | |||
| 1. | bring off (social) be successful; achieve a goal | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | carry off, manage, negociate, pull off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win | ||
| Antonyms | fail | ||
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