pull a Homer

English

Etymology

Pull meaning “do or perform” in the pattern “pull a [Name]”. Coined in the The Simpsons episode "Homer Defined", after the regular character Homer who stops a nuclear meltdown via eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

Verb

pull a Homer

1. (humorous) To succeed despite idiocy.

Quotations

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