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im having trouble figuring out the significance of 引く in
ひょっとして俺が一発で正解引いたから、怒ってるのか？

Is it something like "pulled (the correct answer) out of thin air" kind of
meaning?

None of the definitions on jisho.org seem to fit.
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Meaning of 引く in ひょっとして俺が一発で正解引いたから、怒ってるのか？
Interesting question!!

I guess it's originally derived from "くじ" and "おみくじ" (kind of
lottery/fortune). When I was a child, there were many "くじ" in Japanese
traditional festival. It has many random papers in a box and we put a hand
into the box and pick up one. This action is usually called "引く" (pull, draw)
in Japanese. I found an exact phrase in English "Draw lots" which can be
directly translated to "くじを引く" [verb] or "くじ引き" (To draw lots) [noun].

These are images of drawing lots.  
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%81%8F%E3%81%98%E5%BC%95%E3%81%8D&sxsrf=ALeKk00YO-
sWkTY9jGWUCEDNa3krPuVDDw:1589082202861&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTpeHBsKjpAhXDBIgKHcoJDUcQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1375&bih=860](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%81%8F%E3%81%98%E5%BC%95%E3%81%8D&sxsrf=ALeKk00YO-
sWkTY9jGWUCEDNa3krPuVDDw:1589082202861&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTpeHBsKjpAhXDBIgKHcoJDUcQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1375&bih=860)

In your original example 「ひょっとして俺が一発で正解引いたから、怒ってるのか？」, I sense 'fortunate',
'chance', or 'happening' meaning from '引く' because it reminds me to "くじ". The
talker would think the reason to get the correct answer was not intentional.
Besides this, "一発で" directly means 'one shot' or 'one time'. We can guess that
the talker would have got the correct answer at first trial under the lower
probability situation.

By the way, there is a phrase "引きが強い" in Japanese. This is directly translated
to 'strong to draw' but actually means 'very lucky'. I think this "引く" also
comes from "くじ引き".
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