to bring off

Examples

• All

• After months of planning, they finally brought off the surprise party successfully.

• If I may remind you... the three of us have always brought off things very well together.

  Gunga Din (1939)

• Singers who cannot bring off the high note are always very clear about why it is unnecessary; but they are wrong.

  Fiction book (1996)

• By showing Johnson that he could bring off his first important foreign mission, Humphrey wanted thereby to regain the respect of the demanding president.

  Academic text (1998)

• But don't fret; if you can bring off this simple task, you're set for life.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Amazingly, he brought off this feat without altering or compromising.

  Academic text (2011)

• It was impressive how he could bring off such a complex project on a tight deadline.

Synonyms

M

to manage

vsto bring off

∞ 3.2

To do something difficult, often with little help

implies success but not the coping or survival emphasis

P

to pull off

vsto bring off

301 4.1

To manage to do something difficult or unexpected

has the same meaning with no major difference

N

to negotiate

vsto bring off

28 4.1

Move carefully through or around something difficult, like a steep path

means achieving a difficult or unexpected task rather than only passing obstacles

C

to carry off

vsto bring off

2 5.3

To do something difficult successfully and with skill

is about success without the added sense of style or performance

B

to blow the doors off

vsto bring off

• Informal

1 7.2

To do much better than people expect

means to succeed but not necessarily by a large margin

P

to pull out of the hat

vsto bring off

• Informal

7.4

Produce a surprising idea that solves a difficult problem

is about succeeding at a task rather than only producing a surprise

Antonyms

F

to fail

898 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

F

to fall short

64 3.9

Fail to reach the level people expect

How Successful

to triumph

60 3.4

to succeed

846 2.0

to bring off

1 6.1

to manage

∞ 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology