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

She was carried off the court and into the locker room. —ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026

The issues with Bradley, Frimpong and Gomez left Slot dealing with a crisis at right-back, which deepened when Endo was carried off on a stretcher at the Stadium of Light. —James Pearce, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026

His tribe was devastated for him as Kyle was carried off by the medical staff. —Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 25 Feb. 2026

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

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