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1pull out of a hat — to produce irresponsibly As the conjurer produces the rabbit: The Veterinary journal said he pulled figures out of a hat to fit his arguments . (Private Eye, May 1981) Pull out of the air has the same meaning …
2pull out of a hat — get as if by magic, invent, imagine I didn t think that he was going to be able to find a dictionary but he suddenly pulled one out of a hat and gave it to me …
3pull a rabbit out of your hat — pull a rabbit out of (your) hat to do something surprising. You didn t know how the story would end and then the author pulled a rabbit out of her hat, and it all made sense. Usage notes: sometimes used to describe a surprising solution to a… …
4pull a rabbit out of the hat — pull a rabbit out of the (or a) hat used to describe an action that is fortuitous, and may involve sleight of hand or deception a rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat * * * pull sth/a ˌrabbit out of the ˈhat idiom (informal) to… …
5pull out of a hat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To get as if by magic; invent; imagine. * /When the introduction to a dictionary tells you how many hours went into its making, these figures were not pulled out of a hat./ * /Let s see you pull an excuse out of your hat./ …
6pull out of a hat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To get as if by magic; invent; imagine. * /When the introduction to a dictionary tells you how many hours went into its making, these figures were not pulled out of a hat./ * /Let s see you pull an excuse out of your hat./ …
7pull\ out\ of\ a\ hat — v. phr. informal To get as if by magic; invent; imagine. When the introduction to a dictionary tells you how many hours went into its making, these figures were not pulled out of a hat. Let s see you pull an excuse out of your hat …
8hat — W3S1 [hæt] n [: Old English; Origin: hAt] 1.) a piece of clothing that you wear on your head ▪ Maria was wearing a beautiful new hat. straw/cowboy/bowler etc hat in a hat ▪ a man in a fur hat bowler hatted/top hatted etc (=wearing a bowler hat,… …
9Hat-trick (magic trick) — This is a classic magic trick where a performer will produce an object (traditionally a rabbit or a bouquet of flowers) out of an apparently empty stovepipe hat.In its simplest form, this trick works by placing the hat on a specially made table… …
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