carry off

verb

carried off; carrying off; carries off

transitive verb

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 of carry off

• fulfill
• accomplish
• perform
• achieve
• execute
• do
• carry out
• make
• pull off
• implement
• put through

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

The two-time Olympic medallist freeskier Cassie Sharpe was carried off the half-pipe and taken to the hospital after a hard fall in qualifying. —Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026

Swift knows how to carry off a thematic updo. —Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026

Photons, for example, can bounce off an atom and carry off positional information about it without changing the quantum state of the system. —Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026

Gomez made his comeback off the bench at the Stadium of Light after the worrying sight of Wataru Endo being carried off on a stretcher midway through the second half. —James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for carry off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff