to carry
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3.0
- verb
- /ˈkæri/
- Still, he dressed well; he was a good-looking man, and he carried himself with pride.
- the way one carries oneself
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Watch on YouTubeWhat she stood for, who she was, how she carried herself.
- What she stood for, who she was, how she carried herself.
- But the mental change, the self-confidence, how you carried yourself, how I carried myself.
- And the other way that men will test you is with how you carry yourself.
- Not just in speech, not just in Word, but in how you carry yourself in the world as well.
- And this is where I think it's also great just to watch how people carry themselves.
- Or another thing could be as compliment her on her presence, how she carries herself.
- She expects him to be a gentleman, she expects him to say please and thank you, and she carries herself like a lady, right?
- I'm a little older, so I'm trying to carry myself in in such a way to be older, to be wiser.
- So I ask you, are you living though in the right intention, right within your beliefs and how you carry yourself to attract a woman?
- He was a huge influence as my mom's dad, just a big, big influence in my life and, and the way I carried myself.
- And I had, and I still have, and it's been weeks later, a bit of grace and lightness to the way I'm carrying myself throughout life.
- Then everyone you see carrying themselves.
- And I've I've never said to my athletes, hey, I think this is the sort of demeanor you should carry yourself with.
Examples
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And just like you, she should be honorable... and take pride in how she carries herself.
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Marie did not blink but carried herself carefully outdoors, hoping the wind wasn't blowing too hard.
Fiction book (1998) -
And one of the things that he taught me is you have to carry yourself in a certain way.
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And the other way that men will test you is with how you carry yourself.
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Not just in speech, not just in Word, but in how you carry yourself in the world as well.
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And this is where I think it's also great just to watch how people carry themselves.
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And he had, he just carried himself different than than anybody else I'd been around before.
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All in all, he was a well-groomed fellow, well-spoken, and he carried himself well.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her neck was unwashed and skinny, but she carried her shoulders and head erect.
Fiction book (1991) -
He has learned to carry himself with confidence during public speaking events.
Synonyms
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1.0
Behave in a certain way, often to pretend or hide feelings
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1.0
To act in a proper or polite way
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3.7
To behave in a particular way in a situation
26
3.0
To act in a way that shows an attitude or feeling openly
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8.0
Behave in a way that matches what people expect
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6.7
To act in a particular way
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6.1
To behave in a certain way to follow rules or show respect
To behave in a calm, proud way when facing difficulty
Idioms
- Informal
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9.9
To support someone and do things for them without asking questions
1
9.5
To do something not needed because there is already plenty of it
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
15
4.4
To continue a pregnancy until the baby is fully developed and ready to be born
- Specialized
5
3.7
To move something unused from one period to the next so it can still be used
- Informal
4
8.5
Support or defend someone in a group, often without getting anything
- Specialized
1
8.8
Subtract a loss or unused tax credit from the previous year's taxable income to reduce tax for that year
- Informal
1
7.8
Have problems from the past that still affect your feelings or actions
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.5
A way of carrying a person over your shoulders to move them quickly
- Specialized
1
5.1
Using skill or knowledge from one situation in another similar situation
- Specialized
1
7.3
An amount of profit or loss that a company moves from a past financial period to the next period
- Specialized
1
7.0
Profit left in a company after paying dividends and putting money aside
How Confident
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carry once meant how you hold or bear a load, so it naturally came to mean the way you hold your body or behave in public. So, to 'carry' yourself a certain way is to have a particular manner or bearing.