carry off (
http://definr.com/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" [syn:
pull off,
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]