carry off
Example Sentences
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If Lam had tried to carry off that amount of money in $100 bills, the prosecutor said, it would have weighed more than 2½ tons.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
In 2021, Wayne Pivac's side rode their luck and took their chances, benefiting from refereeing calls and opponents' indiscipline, to carry off the crown against the odds.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025
As anyone who has witnessed an ant carry off food from a picnic knows, insects are far stronger than their puny size suggests.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023
Election experts say that measures implemented over the years make it extremely unlikely that a malicious insider could carry off a hack that alters votes to throw an election.
From Washington Post • May 28, 2022
The mountain birds are sweeter But the valley birds are fatter, And so we deemed it meeter To carry off the latter.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
