Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
be successful;
achieve a goal;
- Example: "She succeeded in persuading us all"- Example: "I managed to carry the box upstairs"- Example: "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"- Example: "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"[syn: pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bring off
v 1: 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" [syn: pull
off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage]
[ant: fail]