carry off
verb
carried off; carrying off; carries off
1
: to cause the death of
the plague carried off thousands
2
: to perform or manage successfully : bring off
tried to look suave but couldn't carry it off
Synonyms
Examples of carry off in a Sentence
the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims
pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has
Recent Examples on the Web
She was carried off of the competition floor with her face in her hands and wheeled out of the arena by medical staff.
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Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 27 June 2024
The sight of an exultant Barkov hoisting the most iconic piece of hardware in sports, jubilantly skating around the arena, is instant visual history, like that image of Don Shula being carried off the field by his victorious Dolphins.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
They were carried off by police and Scheffler, putting for birdie with red residue in his sight line, missed three inches shy of the hole.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
There are plum solos for the many figures in Morton’s life, each carried off by a Black theater star.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2024
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Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 27 June 2024
The sight of an exultant Barkov hoisting the most iconic piece of hardware in sports, jubilantly skating around the arena, is instant visual history, like that image of Don Shula being carried off the field by his victorious Dolphins.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
They were carried off by police and Scheffler, putting for birdie with red residue in his sight line, missed three inches shy of the hole.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
There are plum solos for the many figures in Morton’s life, each carried off by a Black theater star.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Carry off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20off. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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