Where is the verb?

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in the sentence below:

When a club of Liverpool’s history and tradition pull off a treble of cup wins, as they did in 2001, with the FA, League and UEFA trophies under Gérard Houllier, you are bound to feel a tremor of dread.


1- Is the verb "wins"?
2- so what's the function of "pull of"?
3-"a treble of cup", what does mean?


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In your context 'win' is a noun, so 'a treble of wins' = three wins (three 'winning' times).
 

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If the pull off is the verb, would you please tell me where is the subject?
I think that the subject would be "a club" if so, the verb "pull off" would have come with "s": pulls off. Am I righ?
 

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If the pull off is the verb, would you please tell me where is the subject?
I think that the subject would be "a club" if so, the verb "pull off" would have come with "s": pulls off. Am I righ?

It's fine with "pull off" or "pulls off" in BrE.
 

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If the pull off is the verb, would you please tell me where is the subject?
I think that the subject would be "a club" if so, the verb "pull off" would have come with "s": pulls off. Am I right?

Sometimes words such as 'police', 'family', 'team', 'club' etc. are used as plurals (with the corresponding form of the verb) when they are regarded as a group of individuals.
 
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