be successful; achieve a goal; "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
If you pull off something very difficult, you succeed in achieving it. The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory It will be a very, very fine piece of mountaineering if they pull it off
If a vehicle or driver pulls off the road, the vehicle stops by the side of the road. I pulled off the road at a small village pub One evening, crossing a small creek, he pulled the car off the road