When a person in a friend group on Discord (a common communication platform for gamers) randomly leaves, because they accidentally entered a different chat channel.
*leaves voice chat
...
*enters voice chat
Hey guys, sorry about that. I was pulling a Steve
When someone gets over on someone by using coupons, complaining about a meal to get it for free. Being a cheap fk to get a discount by purposely damaging a product or making up a story to get it for free.
That guy just got that meal for free cause he said he didn't want cheese on the burger after he ate half of it. He "pulled a Steve" and got over!
Check it out, she's a Pulling a Steve trying to get a discount on that blouse. She rubbed it on the floor to dirty it to get ten percent off.
To aid your best friend's fiance in cheating on him while he is out of the country. Then, said best friend, finds out that he is being played while still out of the country.
End result:
1.Loss of some of closest friends.
2.An actual (hopefully) long lasting relationship (better than, now ex-best friend's relationship with fiance).
3. The satisfaction of it actually being worth it and willingness to do it again if you had a time machine.
"Why aren't we hangin out with Bob tonight?"
"Cause he totally pulled a Steve with Jane."
"Don't be pullin a Steve on me while I'm gone, dude."
"I would so pull a Steve on Bob just to be with Jane."
Laughing at people when they have a problem or something got broke
My phones broken I'm gonna pull a Steve here Well that sucks doesn't it Becky
The act of almost or completely falling back in your chair.
Larry: I noticed jim from accountant almost pulled a steve in the Faculty office.
Dave: They should really give the workers better chairs.