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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. be successful; achieve a goal;
- Example: "She succeeded in persuading us all"
- Example: "I managed to carry the box upstairs"
- Example: "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"
- Example: "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
[syn: pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage]

2. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state;
- Example: "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"
- Example: "The car carried us off to the meeting"
- Example: "I'll take you away on a holiday"
- Example: "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
[syn: take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off]

3. kill in large numbers;
- Example: "the plague wiped out an entire population"
[syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, carry 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, carry off] [ant: bring, convey,
       fetch, get]
    3: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
       population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish,
       eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off]