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carry off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manageverb

    be successful; achieve a goal

    "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"

  2. take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry offverb

    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"; "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"

  3. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry offverb

    kill in large numbers

    "the plague wiped out an entire population"

Wiktionary

  1. carry offverb

    To transport away.

  2. carry offverb

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

  3. carry offverb

    To cause death.

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  1. carry off

    To carry off means to successfully complete, accomplish or achieve something, often with style or despite difficulty. It can also refer to a situation where someone is forcibly taken away from a place. Additionally, it can mean causing someone's death in the context of a disease or disaster carrying off numerous lives. The interpretation generally depends on the context in which it's used.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry off in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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