carry off
Example Sentences
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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
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
Not all prose should be classic, and not all writers can carry off the pretense.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
