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carry off

Dictionary definition · carry off

verb

  1. be successful; achieve a goal"I managed to carry the box upstairs"
  2. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state"Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"
  3. kill in large numbers"the plague wiped out an entire population"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).