What is the meaning of carry off?

verb

  • Be successful; achieve a goal.
    • usage: "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
  • Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state.
    • usage: "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
  • Kill in large numbers.
    • usage: "the plague wiped out an entire population"
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APAWordNet. (2010). carry off. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/carry_off/definitions/1263744
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