carry off

Meaning

1. 1

   carry sth off

   to win sth

   He carried off most of the prizes.

2. 2

   carry sth off

   to succeed in doing sth that most people would find difficult

   She's had her hair cut really short, but she can carry it off.

In the movies · 13

• I can't carry it off. You certainly can.Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
• Or you got carried off by a twister?Raising Arizona1987
• Nice of you to join the party! I thought you'd been carried off!How to Train Your Dragon2010
• ...saw him carried off to bed.Barry Lyndon1975
• Someday, cops are gonna carry that kid off a plane. Huh?Leo2023
• You'll get carried off by ghosts. I'd never forgive myself.Anne of Green Gables1985
• And Mrs Ainslie was carried off to prison.Mary Poppins1964
• ...and carried her off.The Cowboys1972

Learn it in full scenes

• Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
  • Lee Meets Jack Hock
  • Lee Asks to Be Paid in Cash
  • Lee Tells Jack Her Secret

From the same entry

• be carried away
• carry all before you
• carry the ball
• carry the can
• carry a torch for
• carry the day
• carry too far
• as fast as your legs can carry you
• fetch and carry
• carry back
• carry forward
• carry on