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

In the nineteenth century, most of the stone was carried off to build a farmhouse. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

Terry Smith was carried off the field after Penn State beat Michigan State and at a press conference on Monday, the western Pennsylvania native was emotional about what everything has meant to him. —Mike Darnay, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025

The man tried to cross the bridge in his Mazda CX-5 to retrieve the parcel, and the vehicle was carried off into the creek, which had more water than usual due to recent rainfall. —Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025

Luggage was whisked away, skis were carried off to the gear room, check-in commenced. —Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 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