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carry off

[carry off] {v.} 1. To cause death of; kill. * /Years ago smallpox carried off hundreds of Indians of the Sioux tribe./ Compare: [WIPE OUT]. 2. To succeed in winning. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

carry away

[carry away] {v.} To cause very strong feeling; excite or delight to the loss of cool judgment. * /The music carried her away./ * /He let his anger carry him […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

carry on

[carry on] {v.} 1. To work at; be busy with; manage. * /Bill and his father carried on a hardware business./ * /Mr. Jones and Mr. Smith carried on a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

carry over

[carry over] {v.} 1. To save for another time. * /The store had some bathing suits it had carried over from last year./ * /What you learn in school should […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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