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Meaning of pull a rabbit out of a hat | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To do something surprising and beneficial that is unexpected.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Português tirar um coelho da cartola

Examples

“But Salmond the magician's dazzle has not pulled those crucial rabbits out of his hat. Not on tax and spending, on the currency union which he wants (but rUK does not), on Scotland's relations with an EU which does not want this aggro.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

pull a sickie pull a train pull about pull ahead pull an all-nighter pull an oar