bring off
verb
brought off; bringing off; brings off
transitive verb
1
: to cause to escape : rescue
2
: to carry to a successful conclusion : achieve, accomplish
Synonyms
- accomplish
- achieve
- carry off
- carry out
- commit
- compass
- do
- execute
- follow through (with)
- fulfill
- fulfil
- make
- negotiate
- perform
- perpetrate
- prosecute
- pull off
- put through
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Example Sentences
the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic
Word History
First Known Use
1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1
bring off
verb
1
as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- fulfill
- accomplish
- perform
- execute
- achieve
- do
- carry out
- carry off
- fulfil
- make
- pull off
- put through
- implement
- bring about
- prosecute
- go through
- negotiate
- commit
- perpetrate
- complete
- compass
- finish
- follow through (with)
- realize
- effect
- practice
- effectuate
- ace
- engage (in)
- attain
- wind up
- nail
- repeat
- end
- reenact
- practise
- actualize
- work (at)
- reduplicate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fail
- slight
- skimp
- slur
2
as in to rescue
to remove from danger or harm had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic Synonyms & Similar Words
- rescue
- save
- bail out
- salvage
- deliver
- recover
- release
- free
- liberate
- extricate
- manumit
- emancipate
- disentangle
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- jeopardize
- gamble (with)
- adventure
- compromise
- risk
- endanger
- venture
- hazard
- imperil
- peril