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The phrase "ability to pull it off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capability to successfully execute a task or achieve a goal, often in a challenging or unconventional context.
Example: "Despite the complexity of the project, her ability to pull it off impressed everyone in the team."
Alternatives: "capability to succeed" or "skill to achieve it."
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"JetBlue probably has the ability to pull it off because they position themselves as a younger, hipper brand".
"Everybody kind of fantasises about it – flying – and it's an amazing place in history right now that man actually has the ability to pull it off".
I remember the final paragraphs stirring up a whirl of emotion: awe over the final twist in the plot, admiration at Shirley Hazzard's ability to pull it off, and grief at reaching the end of the journey of Caroline Bell and the last of Hazzard's sentences.
And the British star – largely unknown in the US before being announced as host of the late night CBS chatshow – may also have shocked those who doubted his ability to pull it off, as audiences and critics warmed to his performance.
Many doubted Wales' ability to pull it off, as it was the smallest nation ever to host the games.
"What it shakes my confidence in is the ability to pull it off, which is essential to this whole thing," he said.
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Might not sound like a talent, but if you've got the people skills, the planning, and the organization abilities necessary to pull it off, celebrate that as a success.
While the adults in his orbit seem amazed by his ability to pull it all off — the word "juggling" comes up a lot — Gabe himself has a pretty simple explanation why it all seems so manageable.
The idea that Tesco has always been a corner-shop-crushing colossus is a lie, one perpetuated by bitter, third-rate businessmen who would dearly love to have achieved a quarter of what Cohen did but lacked the ability and luck to pull it off, and who now seek to clothe their envy and hypocrisy in the rhetoric of care for the community.
Providing the browsing experience that Co-op customers depend on the ability to find almost any book, pull it off the the shelf, examine it closely, and decide if it's something they want to own means having books on the shelves that don't necessarily sell very often.
The first strategy would be hard to implement because the government might not have the legal authority to do it or the computer reprogramming ability to quickly pull it off.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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