bring off
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Definition
Verb: - To accomplish something successfully, especially something difficult or unlikely.
Usage
This verb is transitive and requires a direct object (the thing that is successfully accomplished). It is often used to describe achieving a goal against the odds or completing a challenging task.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- The phrasal verb is separable. The object (often a pronoun like "it") can be placed between "bring" and "off."
- The plan seemed impossible, but they brought it off.
- It often carries a connotation of skill, effort, or cleverness in overcoming obstacles.
Variants and Related Words
- No direct noun or adjective variants from the phrasal verb itself. The related concept is the successful outcome.
Synonyms
- Achieve: To successfully bring about or reach a desired objective.
- Accomplish: To complete successfully.
- Pull off (informal): To succeed in achieving something difficult.
- Carry out: To perform a task or duty.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Bring about: To cause something to happen.
- The new policy brought about significant changes.
- Bring in: To introduce or earn.
- The company wants to bring in new experts.
- Bring up: To raise a topic or a child.
- She didn't want to bring up the subject of money.
Related Idioms
- To pull it off: An informal idiom with a very similar meaning to "bring it off," emphasizing success in a difficult endeavor.
- The concert was a huge risk, but the band pulled it off.
Verb
- 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