The phrase "actually pulled it off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone successfully accomplished something that was difficult or unlikely to succeed.
Example: "Despite the challenges, she actually pulled it off and completed the project ahead of schedule."
Alternatives: "managed to achieve it" or "successfully accomplished it".
Last February, after President Trump delivered his first speech to a joint session of Congress, many commentators seemed surprised that he had actually pulled it off — that he had managed to read from a teleprompter for a full hour without veering off script or insulting Elizabeth Warren.
While I often think that we'd be better off if most start-up founders went to play in traffic, I never meant that they had to do it in real life, yet these two actually pulled it off and without killing anyone.
Five years ago, thieves in Quebec tried to get their hands on that gold and, well, they actually pulled it off, at least for a little while.
Be French Eric Cantona: the footballer who actually pulled it off.
The interrogation in the sitter's feverish eyes conveys the haunting anxiety of an artist about to show his work, wondering whether he actually pulled it off.
Based on this trailer, it looks like the script, which took three days to write, has a lot going for it, but it's hard to lampoon something consistently for over an hour, so I'll reserve judgement until I can finally see how well they've actually pulled it off.
Can a pay-for-download movie company actually pull it off?
Sanchez is said to often play this joke when arriving at the Emirates on a match day but without ever actually pulling it off.
Second, it takes a lot of work to physically alter one's skin colour and hair type enough to actually pull it off, as both Dolezal and C Thomas Howell would no doubt attest.
It's a novel concept, and Donna actually pulls it off pretty well.
Actually pulling it off, however, involves a lot of moving parts — both literal and figurative.
