carry off

Definitions

1. 1

   To transport away.

   • I need a truck to carry off all this furniture.
2. 2

   To steal or kidnap

   • Bandits carried off most of the money.
3. 3

   To act convincingly

   To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.

   • The actress carried off a difficult performance with dash.
   • Given my general shape I'd look pretty ridiculous in the sort of outfit which, to carry it off, needs rather more height and less bulk than I have.
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   1. 4

      To achieve (something)

      To achieve (something); to succeed at (something).

      • We didn't think they'd finish by the deadline, but they carried it off.
   2. 5

      To cause the death of.

      • Malaria carried off many people.
      • I was now entering on my fifteenth year, when the worſt of ills befell me in the loſs of my tender fond parents, who were both carried off by the smallpox, within a few days of each other; […].
      • The bitterest loss was of her eldest daughter, carried off by malaria at 40 with a baby still inside her.
   3. 6

      To win (a prize, etc.).

      • After a closely-fought match, Oxford carried off the trophy.

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