to carry
- verb
- /ˈkæri/
- During the game, she was expected to carry the burden of scoring for the team.
- carry a burden
- carry the responsibility
You know, I wasn't carrying a community that way.
- You know, I wasn't carrying a community that way.
- And maybe we'll carry the collective costs of Y&Z;.
- So you are carrying the burden of the bills.
- And it says, I remember God, how you carried me when I couldn't take a step.
- You will sacrifice the man who carries me or.
Examples
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So you are carrying the burden of the bills.
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In our group project, Lisa had to carry the team by organizing all the meetings and summaries.
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And you were not meant to carry all of it alone.
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Yes, her mom and I taught her how to carry herself as a lady.
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Find moments of self help because that will carry you much longer.
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And some of us have been carrying them around with us for years.
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They screwed up and you get to carry the legacy of that screw up.
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We'll carry him.
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He struggles to carry the weight of his family's financial expectations.
Synonyms
Support or defend someone in a group, often without getting anything
To support someone and do things for them without asking questions
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To support someone and do things for them without asking questions
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To continue a pregnancy until the baby is fully developed and ready to be born
- Specialized
To move something unused from one period to the next so it can still be used
- Informal
Support or defend someone in a group, often without getting anything
- Specialized
Subtract a loss or unused tax credit from the previous year's taxable income to reduce tax for that year
- Informal
Have problems from the past that still affect your feelings or actions
Compounds
- Specialized
Using skill or knowledge from one situation in another similar situation
- Specialized
A way of carrying a person over your shoulders to move them quickly
- Specialized
An amount of profit or loss that a company moves from a past financial period to the next period
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carry has the basic idea of 'supporting a load', like a cart holding heavy goods, and this grew into helping or supporting a person or project. So, to carry someone financially or in a team is to support them like a load-bearer.