bring off

English

Verb

bring off (third-person singular simple present brings off, present participle bringing off, simple past and past participle brought off)

1. To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.

   I don't know how, but he managed to bring off the Acme Foods deal.

2. To bring to orgasm.
   • 2002, William P. Case, South Caicos Tailwind

     She brought him off with her mouth, while gently tickling his balls, and got herself off with her fingers while she did him.

3. (archaic) To rescue; to liberate.
   • 1606 William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida 5.6.25:

     I'll be ta'en too, Or bring him off.

4. To bring away from; to bring by boat from a ship, a wreck, the shore, etc.
5. (obsolete) To prove; to demonstrate; to show clearly.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “bring off”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.