Carry Off (Verb)
Meaning 1
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 3
Be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.