phrasal verb · neutral
bring off
UK/brɪŋ ˈɒf/US/brɪŋ ˈɔːf/BRING·OFF
speakingtask2
to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected
Examples
“She brought off an amazing rescue despite the danger.”
“It was a risky plan, but they brought it off.”
“I didn’t think he could do it, but he brought it off.”
Band 8 sentence
“Despite limited funding and tight deadlines, the team managed to bring off a highly persuasive public campaign.”
Collocations
- bring off a rescue
- bring off a plan
- bring it off
Word family
bring off base verbbrings off verb, 3rd singularbrought off past / past participlebringing off gerund / participle
Common mistakes
He bring off the difficult task yesterday.→He brought off the difficult task yesterday.
They brought on the plan successfully.→They brought off the plan successfully.
Say it for a higher band
5do the job→6succeed→7+bring off
Synonyms
pull off
succeed
Easily confused
pull off
“Despite the odds, they managed to pull off the operation.”
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