Source : WordNet®

carry off
     v 1: 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"
          [syn: {pull off}, {negociate}, {bring off}, {manage}]
          [ant: {fail}]
     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"; "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" [syn: {take away},
        {bear off}, {bear away}, {carry away}] [ant: {bring}]
     3: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
        population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {extinguish},
         {eradicate}, {wipe out}, {decimate}]