carry off

Verb

• kill in large numbers
  • the plague wiped out an entire population
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  eliminate , annihilate , extinguish , eradicate , wipe out , decimate , take away , bear off , bear away , carry away , pull off , negociate , bring off , manage
• Antonyms: 
  bring , get , convey , fetch , fail