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
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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
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Ter Stegen fell badly after jumping for a ball just before halftime and was visibly in pain as he was carried off the pitch on a stretcher.
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Reuters, 23 Sep. 2024
The bare-bones narrative often seems to drift rather than move forward with purpose, occasionally threatening to get carried off by the winds that hammer the island.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
These early avians were about the size of a hawk and had strong enough feet to capture and carry off prey–possibly even small dinosaurs.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
For following a Pro-Palestinian protest at the Princess of Wales on Thursday opening night, there was a medical emergency at the Roy Thomson Hall premiere of Eden, with an attendee being carried off on a stretcher.
—Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
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Reuters, 23 Sep. 2024
The bare-bones narrative often seems to drift rather than move forward with purpose, occasionally threatening to get carried off by the winds that hammer the island.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
These early avians were about the size of a hawk and had strong enough feet to capture and carry off prey–possibly even small dinosaurs.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
For following a Pro-Palestinian protest at the Princess of Wales on Thursday opening night, there was a medical emergency at the Roy Thomson Hall premiere of Eden, with an attendee being carried off on a stretcher.
—Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Carry off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20off. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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