carry off
Example Sentences
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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
As former academy director Bruce Davis wrote in “The Wrap” years later, the 1972 documentary “Marjoe” had won, but only one of the two directors came onstage to carry off their statues.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022
I grew preoccupied with the possibility that the police might barge into the bureau one day and carry off my computers and papers.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
The King of the Dead knew that it was he who had planned to carry off Persephone, and he held him fast.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
