carry : Idioms & Phrases

carry amelia moore nation

noun United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
Carry Amelia Moore Nation; Nation.

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Carry arms

(Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry.

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carry away

verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
bear off; take away; carry away; bear away.
- 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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carry back

verb deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period

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carry forward

verb transfer from one time period to the next
carry forward.

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carry nation

noun United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
Carry Amelia Moore Nation; Nation.

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carry off

verb be successful; achieve a goal
manage; negociate; bring off; pull off.
- 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
verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
bear off; take away; carry away; bear away.
- 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
verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; decimate; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish; eradicate.
- the plague wiped out an entire population

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carry on

verb direct the course of; manage or control
deal; conduct.
- You cannot conduct business like this
verb keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
preserve; continue; bear on; uphold.
- preserve the peace in the family
- continue the family tradition
- Carry on the old traditions
verb continue talking
continue; proceed; go on.
- I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice
- carry on--pretend we are not in the room
verb misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way
act up.
- The children acted up when they were not bored

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carry out

verb put in effect
fulfil; execute; accomplish; carry out; action; fulfill.
- carry out a task
- execute the decision of the people
- He actioned the operation
verb pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
follow up; follow through; go through; follow out; put through; implement.
- Did he go through with the treatment?
- He implemented a new economic plan
- She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal

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carry over

verb transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another
verb transport from one place or state to another
- Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal
verb hold over goods to be sold for the next season
hold over.
verb transfer from one time period to the next
carry forward.

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carry through

verb put in effect
fulfil; execute; accomplish; carry out; action; fulfill.
- carry out a task
- execute the decision of the people
- He actioned the operation
verb bring into safety
bring through; save; pull through.
- We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

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carry to term

verb carry out a pregnancy
- She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective

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carry weight

verb have influence to a specified degree
- Her opinion carries a lot of weight

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carry-forward

noun the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves
carry-forward.

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carry-over

noun application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
transfer of training; transfer.
noun the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves
carry-forward.

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carry-the can

verb accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
face the music.

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carrying charge

noun charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan
noun the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership
carrying charge.

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carrying cost

noun the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership
carrying charge.

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carrying into action

noun the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
performance; execution; carrying into action.
- they criticised his performance as mayor
- experience generally improves performance

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carrying out

noun the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
implementation; execution.
- the agency was created for the implementation of the policy
noun the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
performance; execution; carrying into action.
- they criticised his performance as mayor
- experience generally improves performance

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cash-and-carry

adjective sold for cash and the customer carries it away (no delivery service)
- cash-and-carry business

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fireman's carry

noun the act of carrying a person over your shoulder

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To carry all before one

to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.

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To carry arms

(a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier.

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To carry away

. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation.

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To carry coals

to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell.

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To carry coals to Newcastle

to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor.

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To carry off

(a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands.

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To carry on

(a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade.
to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. Colloq.

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To carry one's point

to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.

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To carry out

. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end.

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To carry the wind

(Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse.

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To carry through

. (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties." Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a succesful issue; to succeed.

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To carry up

to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.

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To carry weight

. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a race" Cowper. (b) To have influence.

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To fetch and carry

to serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel.

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