Definition of "carry off" [carry off]

• To transport away. (verb)
• To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity. (verb)
• To cause death. (verb)

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• "Lanna guessed that Mrs. Faulkner was one of few women who could carry off such a dramatic touch so naturally."
• "The people are nearly all united; their quondam leaders, infuriated with the sense of their impotence, will soon be seen or heard only in the newspapers, which serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke, and all is now tranquil, firm and well, as it should be."
• "Though modern historians hold him guiltless, he was convicted of treason and outlawed for complicity in the plot to seize and carry off King Stanislaus, 3"