To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
"Did you catch the Oscars last night?"
"Yeah, but I wouldn't have watched them if I'd known La La Land was gonna pull a Hillary."
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"Dude, you didn't get that job? I thought you said you had it in the bag!"
"I know, I really pulled a Hillary."
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Removing incriminating evidence before it can be found.
Person 1: If I die Pull a Hillary on my browser history.
Person 2: Don't worry, no one will ever find out.
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Losing that, which can't be lost.
She / he / they was / were pulling a Hillary.
When a woman stays with her husband/boyfriend after catching him cheating, ie Hillary Clinton staying with husband/former President Bill after finding out about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Chelsea Lately: "The newest gossip on Tiger Wood's wife is that she's actually gonna stay with him after he cheated with all those women!"
Alleson: "Ugh, I can't believe she's pulling a Hillary."
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the act of a former first lady campainging for a shot at her own presidency; could also be referred to as a 'wife swap' or a moment at which the first lady publicly starts wearing the pants in the relationship
Katie: Michelle Obama is pretty hardcore
Anna:yeah...
Katie: i would so vote for her if she ever went for "pulling a hillary"!
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Thinking that someone looks like a celebrity , or some obscure combination of celebrities, and being totally wrong. Basically being poor at facial recognition.
"That actor definitely looks like Joeseph Stalin and Tina Fey's hypothetical love child"
"That's Bradley Cooper. You're totally pulling a Hillary"
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Pulling a Hillary Being calm, reasonable and factual in the face of blatant animosity, prejudice, and falsehood. See Secretary Clinton's performance the Benghazi hearings, October '15.
Watching the tapes of Cecile Richards appeared at the Planned Parenthood hearings, I realized she was really pulling a Hillary
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