"pull out of the hat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-pull out of the hat.ogg Forms: pulls out of the hat [present, singular, third-person], pulling out of the hat [participle, present], pulled out of the hat [participle, past], pulled out of the hat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pull out of the hat}} pull out of the hat (third-person singular simple present pulls out of the hat, present participle pulling out of the hat, simple past and past participle pulled out of the hat)
  1. (idiomatic) To select at random, or seemingly at random. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: pull out of a hat, pull out of the bag
    Sense id: en-pull_out_of_the_hat-en-verb-aZ6kJOs1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(idiomatic) To select at random, or seemingly at random."
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