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pull out of the hat (third-person singular simple present pulls out of the hat, present participle pulling out of the hat, simple past and past participle pulled out of the hat)
- (idiomatic) To select at random, or seemingly at random.
2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC:Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.
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