carry off
动词- To transport away. · I need a truck to carry off all this furniture.
- To steal or kidnap · Bandits carried off most of the money.
- 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.· He is carrying off his act, convincing them he was a nuclear scientist.
- To achieve (something); to succeed at (something). · Despite a slow start in the race, he carried it off in the end.· We didn't think they'd finish by the deadline, but they carried it off.
- To cause the death of. · Malaria carried off many people.
- To win (a prize, etc.). · After a closely-fought match, Oxford carried off the trophy.
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Still, let it not be supposed that amid this affected resignation to the will of Providence, the unfortunate innkeeper did not writhe under the double misery of seeing the hateful canal carry off his customers and his profits, and the daily infliction of his peevish partner’s murmurs and lamentations.
“To surround the scaffold with twenty of my best men, who, at a signal from me, will rush forward directly Peppino is brought for execution, and, by the assistance of their stilettos, drive back the guard, and carry off the prisoner.”
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