1
as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims
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as in to destroy
to deprive of life
pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has
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Recent Examples of carry off
The same Tatum that repeatedly got off the ground through his first eight NBA seasons now needed to be carried off on the shoulders of his training staff.
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
After racking up 42 points, eight rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocks, Tatum suffered a non-contact lower leg injury late in the fourth quarter and had to be carried off the court by Celtics staffers.
—Zack Cox, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
The 27-year-old forward put up 42 points on 16-for-28 shooting at Madison Square Garden Monday night in addition to four steals and two blocks before he was carried off the court with three minutes remaining.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 13 May 2025
So much so that Tim Ream, Fulham’s USMNT centre-back and the closest player to the incident, held his hand throughout the next 12 minutes before the United defender was carried off on a stretcher.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
After racking up 42 points, eight rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocks, Tatum suffered a non-contact lower leg injury late in the fourth quarter and had to be carried off the court by Celtics staffers.
—Zack Cox, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
The 27-year-old forward put up 42 points on 16-for-28 shooting at Madison Square Garden Monday night in addition to four steals and two blocks before he was carried off the court with three minutes remaining.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 13 May 2025
So much so that Tim Ream, Fulham’s USMNT centre-back and the closest player to the incident, held his hand throughout the next 12 minutes before the United defender was carried off on a stretcher.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry off
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Kanye West fired multiple PR firms before his antisemitic meltdowns destroyed billion-dollar partnerships with Adidas and Gap.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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But the conflict has only escalated, with Russia’s launching some of its most extensive strikes in a war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of casualties, and Ukraine’s carrying out the audacious Operation Spiderweb drone attack, which damaged or destroyed strategic aircraft inside Russia.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Committee Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich., first sent a letter to Schill to testify in April, accusing Northwestern of failing to fulfill its commitment to protect Jewish students.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Many hotels in the city are required to have clean-air transportation as part of their development agreement, which ATN fulfills.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
27 June 2025
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One Cambodian soldier was killed in a relatively small, contested area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2025
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Gaza’s Health Ministry on Sunday said that another 88 people have been killed by Israeli fire over the past 24 hours, raising the war’s toll among Palestinians to 56,500.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Most American metropolises perform well in the report’s measure of disposable income, particularly San Francisco (No. 3), Boston (No. 7), and Chicago (No. 8).—
Greg McKenna,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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The English singer is also set to perform at the festival Saturday evening.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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Smith, a 21-year-old junior from Germantown, Tennessee, was slain on the street outside a bar in Fort Worth’s West 7th entertainment district.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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From upscale dinners, business lunches, to fun nights with your girls at the concerts, and attending inspiring ESSENCE panels at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, these versatile outfits will easily take you from day to night, while slaying everyone in New Orleans.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
25 June 2025
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But the next challenge will be executing those plans.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Up next, the bank is working on providing users the ability to execute after-hours stock trades, Vienick said.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Lei remains confident about the prospects for Xiaomi’s foray into cars, predicting the new model will help the company’s EV unit achieve profitability in the second half—one of the fastest brands to hit that milestone in the automotive sector.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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What are they expected to achieve at these Euros? Very few, perhaps nobody, expects Wales to make it out of this group.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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The way to do it is with judicious use of strong contrast colours, and that’s exactly what Nike has done here, with those pinks, blues and reds underneath the armpits and down the side of the shorts.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Accor, which owns the Orient Express brand with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, says a lot of it has to do with the training of its staff and the design, for which award-winning artist and architect Hugo Toro made bespoke Art Deco-era pieces constructed to mirror the group’s train.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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