pull something
Example Sentences
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Using a powerful winch, the M88 recovery vehicle can pull something that weighs up to 140,000 pounds out of trouble or lift a vehicle weighing up to 35,000 pounds using its crane-like boom.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025
Q-Tip: It’s just his horn, the construction of the songs, his ability to pull something deep and throw it up in the sky and then watch it float or land on the track.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
The first two singles from her comeback album 143 have bombed, critically and commercially - so she really needed to pull something out of the bag for her MTV performance.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024
“In moments when you need someone to pull something out of the hat,” England lock Ollie Chessum said, “Ben has been that person for us.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023
“How’d he figure we were going to pull something on Tansy for her first day?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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