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to pull a Hancock

To achieve vastly beyond one's abilities; seemingly without logical explanation.

Named after Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the UK, who has managed to achieve high office without any discernible talent, an alleged long-term affair with someone way out of his league, and an ally in the Prime Minister despite being woefully unprepared for a pandemic that led to a tragically high mortality rate.
"There's no chance I won't be arrested after committing all of these crimes. To get out of this, I need to pull a Hancock."

"I just got promoted three times in one day despite sexually harassing a colleague. I must have pulled a Hancock."

"The Government knighted me even though I'm being investigated for fraud. Is it because I'm a Tory donor or did I just pull a Hancock?"
by BroJayDee June 26, 2021
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pulled a Hancock

This phrase originated when my daughter an I saw the movie Hancock starring Will Smith. The movie is progressing nicely, and inspiring great laughs, when all-of-a-sudden like, the movie goes sideways and there's Egyptian gods and dichotomous entities and other crazy crap.

Thus was coined, the phrase, "...pulled a Hancock"

Which essentially means that everything was great until the writers and/or directors went bat-crap-crazy and sent the story sideways into ludicrous land.
The point in the movie Hancock when Charlize Theron is suddenly some kind of Egyptian god bound to Hancock - this is the point when the story "pulled a Hancock" - and sends him flying out the house (flying as in flung, not of his own volition).
by ThePhyxr January 3, 2012
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Pulling An Andrew

Getting high off grenadine and eating nothing but jits kibble
He said he’s only ever had three shirley temples and eats balanced meals, but I know he’s pulling an Andrew!
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Oklahoma Pull Tab

I collected 20 Oklahoma Pull Tabs out west.
by Elizabeth Warren June 15, 2023
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Scandinavian Light Disco and Pull-up Bar

A noun referring to that moment when after you take your cousin, disembowel her, and use her viscera as a sexual lubricant while sodomizing her your mother walks in and says "I don't even know who you are anymore" and you reply "You probably didn’t recognize me because of the red arm".
Seamus never felt an ounce of regret, even right after his first Scandinavian Light Disco and Pull-up Bar.
by Bloxt July 28, 2017
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pulling a bylinda

When two best friends come to like each other but the female pulls away from the male so as not to cause problems later on but seriously hurting the male in the process.

it is basically a form of leading on but between best friends.

when the the female and male positions are switched it is called pulling a bobby.
did you know mike and linda were fooling around?

yeah, and mike even asked her out since they are so close but linda, pulling a bylinda, turned him down not wanting to risk their friendship.
by theWinner09 August 13, 2008
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Pulling a Tim

When one member or more of a squad completely ignore the color scheme (usually all black) of the rest of squad, and go rogue with another color.
We're all murdered out tonight guys right?
Well yea, except him ofcourse, he's "Pulling a Tim" with that maroon shirt and hat.
by NightmareRide October 3, 2015
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