carry off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.85 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "I need a truck to carry off all this furniture."
- "Bandits carried off most of the money."
- "In spite of the importance of this route it remained until a few years ago very insecure. Overhung almost its entire length by the inaccessible fastnesses of Lololand, the passing caravans dared journey only with convoy, and even then were frequently overwhelmed by raiders from the hills, who carried off both trader and goods into the mountains, the former to lifelong servitude."
- "The actress carried off a difficult performance with dash."
- "He is carrying off his act, convincing them he was a nuclear scientist."
- "Given my general shape I'd look pretty ridiculous in the sort of outfit which, to carry it off, needs rather more height and less bulk than I have."