Meaning of "quite bring off wearing shorts"

[Gabi]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #143 "Idioms with the phrasal verb bring", question 1

Englishmen can't always quite ......... wearing shorts.

(a) bring off
(b) bring on
(c) bring up
(d) bring over

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #143 "Idioms with the phrasal verb bring", answer 1

Englishmen can't always quite bring off wearing shorts.

Correct answer: (a) bring off

Your answer was: incorrect
Englishmen can't always quite bring up wearing shorts.
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I don't get the meaning of the phrase.

Gabi

[Alan]

Hi Gabi,

Bring off as a phrasal verb means achieve in the sense of doing something successfully. In the sentence bring off wearing shorts means not really wear shorts and at the same time look right. In other words if you try to wear something that is not suitable for you or doesn't suit your personality, you don't quite bring off wearing it.

Alan
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English as a Second Language
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[Shafqat]

Dear Alen,
How can we use bring off in the business language as you said that bring off mean in the sence of doing simething sucessful or achievements

Can we make the sentences like this

He brings off their assigned target very sucessfully

please make two sentences in business writing .

Regards
Khan

[Kietsjsu]

Hi teacher,

My daughter's school had a successful event tonight. It was a movie night. there were a lot of people and the children
Were running around. However, the parent associates members brought off the jobs smoothly.

[Kietsjsu]

Hi teacher,

My daughter's school had a successful event tonight. It was a movie night. there were a lot of people and the children
Were running around. However, the parent associates members brought off the jobs smoothly.

[Alan]

Hi Kietsjsu,

'Bring off' doesn't really work in that sentence with the noun 'jobs'. This verb is used more in the sense of achieving something abstract rather than simply completing a job.

Alan
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English as a Foreign Language
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[Kietsjsu]

Hi Teacher,

How a bout. The parent associate members did bright off smoothly. Thank you.