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carry off VB trans

1. carry off (remove):

levar à força

2. carry off (do successfully):

carry off plan

realizar com sucesso

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Certainly not the waters, which we assume have no function except to turn turbines, float barges, and carry off sewage. en.wikipedia.org

Oil paintings of children are fiendishly difficult to carry off... children's faces are free of complex emotions, untroubled ad unmarked by life's trials. en.wikipedia.org

The waves can also carry off linear momentum, a possibility that has some interesting implications for astrophysics. en.wikipedia.org

Occasionally, it may even carry off mammalian prey, such as hyraxes and monkeys. en.wikipedia.org

Once the muscles have been eaten, the carcass is disassembled and the hyenas carry off pieces to eat in peace. en.wikipedia.org

A soil pipe was also got at, and a hole broke through into a neighbouring vent to carry off the smoke. en.wikipedia.org

It has been said that officials carried ropes with them to encircle, tie up and carry off boys and men on the run. en.wikipedia.org

Another motet from this same book is a mensuration canon, that most difficult of all contrapuntal forms to carry off. en.wikipedia.org

Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl! en.wikipedia.org

The monks managed to carry off 14 of the lambs. en.wikipedia.org

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