carry off

(verb) be successful; achieve a goal. Synonyms: pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage. Examples: "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."

(verb) remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state. Synonyms: take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off. Examples: "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."

(verb) kill in large numbers. Synonyms: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off. Example: "The plague wiped out an entire population."