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Define Pull A Hillary Meaning

Pull A Hillary
To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

"Did you catch the Oscars last night?"

"Yeah, but I wouldn't have watched them if I'd known La La Land was gonna pull a Hillary."

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"Dude, you didn't get that job? I thought you said you had it in the bag!"

"I know, I really pulled a Hillary."
By Manya
Pulling A Hillary
Losing that, which can't be lost.

She / he / they was / were pulling a Hillary.
By Fanchon
Pulling A Hillary
When a woman stays with her husband/boyfriend after catching him cheating, ie Hillary Clinton staying with husband/former President Bill after finding out about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Chelsea Lately: "The newest gossip on Tiger Wood's wife is that she's actually gonna stay with him after he cheated with all those women!"
Alleson: "Ugh, I can't believe she's pulling a Hillary."
By Raychel
Pulling A Hillary
the act of a former first lady campainging for a shot at her own presidency; could also be referred to as a 'wife swap' or a moment at which the first lady publicly starts wearing the pants in the relationship

Katie: Michelle Obama is pretty hardcore
Anna:yeah...
Katie: i would so vote for her if she ever went for "pulling a hillary"!
By Henrieta
Pull A Hillary
Removing incriminating evidence before it can be found.

Person 1: If I die Pull a Hillary on my browser history.

Person 2: Don't worry, no one will ever find out.
By Anastasia
Pulled A Hillary
Botch a sure-fire opportunity.

Cause a big problem because of inattention or pride.

Treat people poorly and suffer the consequences.

A ten-yard field goal would have won the game, but the kicker pulled a Hillary and missed.

All I had to do was close the door, but I pulled a Hillary and left it open, and so some creep slipped in and stole my laptop.

My friend refuses to tip the janitor, so the janitor turned-down his heat on the coldest night of the year. Talk about pulling a Hillary.
By Erminie
Pulled A Hillary
When a person or team is in a situation where they should have a sure win, but still lose.

Did you see the Yankees game last night? They had an easy win, but they Pulled a Hillary.
By Esma
Pulling A Hillary
Thinking that someone looks like a celebrity , or some obscure combination of celebrities, and being totally wrong. Basically being poor at facial recognition.

"That actor definitely looks like Joeseph Stalin and Tina Fey's hypothetical love child"

"That's Bradley Cooper. You're totally pulling a Hillary"
By Winifred
Pulling A Hillary
Pulling a Hillary Being calm, reasonable and factual in the face of blatant animosity, prejudice, and falsehood. See Secretary Clinton's performance the Benghazi hearings, October '15.

Watching the tapes of Cecile Richards appeared at the Planned Parenthood hearings, I realized she was really pulling a Hillary
By Jammie
Pulling A Hillary
When you get in bad trouble and act like you didn't mean to do it.

Jim is going to try pulling a Hillary to get out of detention today
By Lona