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

No one cared about the politics of the kid who knocked George Allen’s cap off his head when he was carried off the field after Washington’s 26-3 win over Dallas in the ’72 title game. —David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025

Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain. —Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025

She was carried off the ballroom floor in a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance. —Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025

Activists, ministers, and community members came and went, day and night, their booming voices carrying off into the Philadelphia air. —Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 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