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To blatantly lie; to deny you did something when everybody already knows you did.
Trump was Pulling a Putin when he said he didn't know where Michael Cohen got the money to pay Stormy Daniels.
Disappearing for an extended period of time.
Person 1: Where's Bob? I haven't seen or heard from him for a couple of weeks.
Person 2: Must be pulling a Putin.
To attempt something and totally fuck up, resulting in unanticipated, negative outcomes wildly beyond the immediate blast radius.
To believe one’s own bullshit for so long that one develops dangerous/foolish confidence, takes action, and spectacularly fails, devastating millions of people.
Uncle Vlad pulled a Putin by thinking he’d easily seize Ukraine, leading to the complete collapse of his country’s economy, the death of thousands of Russian soldiers, increased NATO spending, and the loss of his honorary Judo belt.
Ashli Babbitt pulled a Putin thinking she’d roll to D.C. and “protect” the Constitution on January 6th, 2021 — Biden was certified as President, she ended up getting shot in the chest, and the effort was declared a domestic terrorism event.
the verb “Putin” refers to taking an object from another and then smoothing it over while you know you’re wrong.
He: You never guess what happened to me last night.
She: What?
He: I was ordering a pizza and Trevor didn’t want anything. When the pizza arrived, he pulled a Putin (Pulling a Putin) on me and ate half of my pizza.
She: Wow, that’s a nasty Putin.
Where you’re so ignorant that you make a fundamental misjudgment and end up killing yourself in a bunker
Looks like Donald Trump is pulling a Putin