carry off
verb
            
              carried off; carrying off; carries off            
        
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                                                      : 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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