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To grasp and remove
- pluck off 1. To grasp and remove something with one's fingers or a grasping instrument in an abrupt, forcible tug or pull.
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To grasp and remove something with one's fingers or a grasping instrument in an abrupt, forcible tug or pull. A noun or pronoun can be used between "pluck" and "off." I wanted my suit to look pristine, so I took a pair of tweezers and plucked off every little hair and bit of lint I could find.
To grasp and remove something with one's fingers or a grasping instrument in an abrupt, forcible tug or pull. A noun or pronoun can be used between "pluck" and "off." I wanted my suit to look pristine, so I took a pair of tweezers and plucked off every little hair and bit of lint I could find.
The meaning of PLUCK is to pull or pick off or out. How to use pluck in a sentence.
to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it: Caged birds sometimes pluck out their breast feathers. He plucked the letter from/out of my hand, and ran off with it. Do you pluck your eyebrows (= remove some of the hairs from them to give them a better shape)? [ T ]
pluck off. 1. To grasp and remove something with one's fingers or a grasping instrument in an abrupt, forcible tug or pull. A noun or pronoun can be used between "pluck" and "off." I wanted my suit to look pristine, so I took a pair of tweezers and plucked off every little hair and bit of lint I could find.
Define to pluck off. to pluck off synonyms, to pluck off pronunciation, to pluck off translation, English dictionary definition of to pluck off. to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin. See also: Pluck Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
9 meanings: 1. to pull off (feathers, fruit, etc) from (a fowl, tree, etc) 2. to pull or tug 3. archaic to pull (something).... Click for more definitions.