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carry off

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carry someone or something off
to take or steal someone or something. The kidnappers carried the child off. They carried off the child.
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carry something off 

1. Lit. to take something away with oneself; to steal something. Someone carried off my books! I think someone carried off the lawn chairs last night.
2. Fig. to make a planned event work out successfully. It was a huge party, but the hostess carried it off beautifully. The magician carried off the trick with great skill.
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carry off something also carry something off
to succeed in doing something A shaggy dog named Bugsy carries off some of the most amusing moments in the play. She said she never lies because she doesn't have a good enough memory to carry it off.
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This relation was confirmed by the Moorish officer who came with us, who, as he said, had lost a servant in that manner: the man certainly fell into the hands of the Galles, who lurk in those dark retreats, cut the throats of the merchants, and carry off their effects.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
The two elder brothers would have pulled it down, in order to see how the poor ants in their fright would run about and carry off their eggs.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
First: In order to facilitate the fastening to it of an additional line from a neighboring boat, in case the stricken whale should sound so deep as to threaten to carry off the entire line originally attached to the harpoon.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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