verb (tr, adverb)
to remove forcefully
to win he carried off all the prizes
to manage or handle (a situation) successfully he carried off the introductions well
to cause to die he was carried off by pneumonia
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Words nearby carry off carrying capacity ,
carrying charge ,
carrying-on ,
carrying place ,
carry light ,
carry off ,
carry-on ,
carry-out ,
carry-over ,
carry permit ,
carry the ball
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How to use carry off in a sentence Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
The various members met for the first time when they traveled to Gambia at the beginning of December to carry out their plan.
In one of the activities men practiced putting the dolls gingerly on their backs to carry them.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The occasion should be seized also to increase the balances of depositors who carry unprofitable accounts.
They will carry out the dictum of Carlyle that the modern university is a university of books.
It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.
The text of the amendments designed to carry out these recommendations will be submitted by the Board at an early date.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with carry off
1 Handle successfully, win, as in It was a difficult situation, but he managed to carry it off gracefully , or They carried off first prize . [First half of 1800s]
2 Cause the death of someone, as in The new African virus carried off an entire village . This usage is less common today. [Late 1600s]
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