carry off
Definition of carry 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
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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
First Known Use of carry off
circa 1680
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