carry off

v 1: be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading

us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs" [syn: {pull

off}, {bring off}, {manage}] [ant: {fail}]

2: remove from a certain place or environment; "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" [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}]