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"(transitive) To transport away."
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 2 2",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavličam",
"sense": "to transport away",
"tags": [
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to transport away",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "whakariua"
},
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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"sense": "to transport away",
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"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "हरति"
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"ref": "1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China",
"text": "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.",
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{
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"(transitive) To steal or kidnap"
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"_dis1": "1 94 1 3 1",
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"roman": "jṯꜣ",
"sense": "to steal or kidnap",
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"text": "The actress carried off a difficult performance."
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"ref": "2022, Chris Patten, The Hong Kong Diaries, Penguin UK",
"text": "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.",
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity."
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"text": "Malaria carried off many people."
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"ref": "2016 March 31, Celia W. Dugger, “Preventable Disease Blinds Poor in Third World”, in The New York Times",
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"To cause the death of."
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"(transitive) To cause the death of."
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"text": "After a closely-fought match, Oxford carried off the trophy."
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"To win (a prize, etc.)."
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"(transitive) To win (a prize, etc.)."
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"(transitive) To cause the death of."
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"(transitive) To win (a prize, etc.)."
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"word": "завличам"
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"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "expédier"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "transporter"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "déplacer"
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{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "vimpata"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "auferō"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "dēgerō"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "whakariua"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "götürmek",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "گوتورمك"
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "harati",
"sense": "to transport away",
"word": "हरति"
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"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jṯꜣ",
"sense": "to steal or kidnap",
"word": "i-TA-A-D51:D40"
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{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to steal or kidnap",
"word": "vimpata"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to steal or kidnap",
"word": "raptō"
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"word": "carry off"
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