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Pull a dooley

The act of promising to attend something with your friends, and then the day before the event come up with some sort of implausable excuse to get out of it.
Person 1: "Wheres John today, he said he'd come along with us...?"

Person 2: "He's going to see his uncle today.... looks like he decided to pull a dooley on us."
by Alt. June 8, 2009
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to pull an isner

V. To stall or delay an event from happening for nearly an indefinate amount of time

Hist. Inspired from the currently longest recorded match during the 2010 Wimbledon
A: "what did you think of the presentation"
B: "i thought he was trying to pull an isner until lunch break"
by utopus July 8, 2010
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Pulling a Harry

"Pull A Harry"

A certain behaviour of a person pretending or just simply not being aware of the happening situation and acting not accordingly to the current situation, mostly because of too little awareness or a temporary inactivity.
Pierce: WW3 has started

*few days later*

Harry: Guy omg WW3 started

Pierce: We literally said that a few days! Why are you always pulling a Harry?
by Thatgayboy<3 January 10, 2020
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Pulling A Caleb

When you fuck up something that's hard to fuck up.
Chris was really "pulling a Caleb" when he could barely walk across the room without falling over.
by To Pull A Caleb January 28, 2017
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Pulling a Schofield

To "Pull a Schofield", one has to take complete disregard for others feelings - especially close friends and family - in order to facilitate personal gain...thus screwing over your mates

A slight twist on this is the remark "classic schofield" where someone points out that someone has pulled a schofield, and another responds with "classic schofield" this is multi purpose
Will was caught 'Pulling a Schofield' this morning when he told Tom about Tims secret of cracking onto Toms sister. Tim had told him this in strict confidence.

Nikesh found out that Will had 'Pulled a Schofield' when he contacted his account to find out that Will had added himself to their suppliers list instead. Nik found this odd as they were good friends and colleagues.

Tim found Will cracking onto his mum while he was out of the room. He told Mike about this who responded 'Classic Schofield'
by Wills mum September 20, 2012
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Pull A Starscream

When a main Villain's Sidekick or minion Betrays the main antagonist and take over a group, team, faction or organization for there own selfish goals and morals becoming the new main antagonist to the main hero and possibly succeeding where there old masters have failed. but of course they will never accomplish this goal, due to the main protagonist.
I believe in the season 3 finale of Craig of the creek. Maya, king Xavier's second in command will Pull A Starscream.
by Gygantis's Dictionary June 30, 2021
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to pull a Maleficent

to gatecrash a party or an event in a spiteful manner, named after the evil fairy (also named Maleficent) in "Sleeping Beauty"
"I'm worried my ex is going to pull a Maleficent and ruin the party."
by The Jarvmeister September 19, 2009
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