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

• fulfil
• fulfill
• perform
• accomplish
• execute
• achieve
• 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

But when star Tyrese Haliburton was carried off the floor with an Achilles injury late in the first quarter of Game 7 of the finals, the franchise’s hopes plummeted. —Shreya Srinivasan, NBC news, 24 June 2025

The Celtics will have to make the NBA’s 14th comeback from a 3-1 deficit to extend their title reign and may have to do it without All-Star Jayson Tatum, who was carried off the court with a right leg injury with 2:58 left. —Brian Mahoney, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025

Once, Anna carried off Sacks’s medical bag and then realized her mistake. —Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025

She was carried off the court, unable to put weight on the leg, and didn’t return. —Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025

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