Carry off - definition, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkærɪ ˈɒf|
Brit.
|ˈkærɪ ɒf|
verb
- be successful; achieve a goal (syn: bring off, manage, pull off)
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (syn: bear away, bear off, carry away, take away)
- kill in large numbers (syn: annihilate, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out)
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (syn: bear away, bear off, carry away, take away)
- kill in large numbers (syn: annihilate, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out)
Extra examples
An attack of fever carried him off.
Though frightened he carried it off very well.
This piano piece is difficult to carry off.
It was a daring attempt but he carried it off.
...pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has...
Quick thinking and ready speech may carry off a little daring.
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