carry off

1 to carry through (as a process) to completion the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims Synonyms of carry off accomplish, achieve, bring off, perform, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put throughWords Related to carry off bring about, effect, effectuate, implement; ace, nail; engage (in), practice (also practise); work (at); reduplicate, reenact, repeat; actualize, attain, realize; complete, end, finish, wind upNear Antonyms of carry off fail; skimp, slight, slur

2 to deprive of life pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has Synonyms of carry off kill, claim, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay, takeWords Related to carry off bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]; annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite; assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate; euthanize (also euthanatize), put down; suicideNear Antonyms of carry off raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive; nurtureAntonyms of carry off animate