PULLOFF

Pull-off

A pull-off is a stringed instrument technique performed by plucking a string by "pulling" the string off the fingerboard with one of the fingers being used to fret the note.

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pull off

Verb

pull off, pull (something) off

  1. To remove by pulling.
    Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering.
    As soon as she got home, she pulled off her clothes.
  2. To achieve; to succeed at something difficult.
    Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off?


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