Meaning of carry off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To transport away.
   transitive
2. To steal or kidnap
   transitive
3. To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
   idiomatic, transitive
4. To achieve (something); to succeed at (something).
   transitive
5. To cause the death of.
   transitive
6. To win (a prize, etc.).
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I need a truck to carry off all this furniture.”

“Bandits carried off most of the money.”

“In spite of the importance of this route it remained until a few years ago very insecure. Overhung almost its entire length by the inaccessible fastnesses of Lololand, the passing caravans dared journey only with convoy, and even then were frequently overwhelmed by raiders from the hills, who carried off both trader and goods into the mountains, the former to lifelong servitude.”

“The actress carried off a difficult performance with dash.”

“Given my general shape I'd look pretty ridiculous in the sort of outfit which, to carry it off, needs rather more height and less bulk than I have.”

“We didn't think they'd finish by the deadline, but they carried it off.”

“Malaria carried off many people.”

“I was now entering on my fifteenth year, when the worſt of ills befell me in the loſs of my tender fond parents, who were both carried off by the smallpox, within a few days of each other; […].”

Fanny Hill

“The bitterest loss was of her eldest daughter, carried off by malaria at 40 with a baby still inside her.”

“After a closely-fought match, Oxford carried off the trophy.”

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