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Ana poland Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

pull it out (sports terminology)

Hi,
what does this mean if talking about sports teams:

" The eagles can pull it out this year"

Does it mean that they can win? or be qualified to a higher stage of a tournament?

T.I.A.
Ania
  

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Are you sure you didn't hear "pull it off"? "pull it off" can mean either "win a/the game" or win the championship, depending on the context ("pull off" normally means succeed and is rather informal).

— Ivanhr

  • Are you sure you didn't hear "pull it off"?
  • "pull it off" can mean either "win a/the game" or win the championship, depending on the context ("pull off" normally means succeed and is rather informal).
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Are you sure you didn't hear "pull it off"? "pull it off" can mean either "win a/the game" or win the championship, depending on the context ("pull off" normally means succeed and is rather informal).
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I'm sure. If you google "pull it out this year" you'll get a lot of sport related results
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He meant "pull it off", succeed where it seemed impossible. To pull it out is slightly different (and non-standard), meaning to recover from a perilous situation and succeed, like when a pitcher has no outs and the bases loaded with the other team's best batter up, and he gets out of the inning with no runs scored. He has pulled it out. It's kind of like when a Brit pulls his chestnuts out of the
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