to carry
- verb
- /ˈkæri/
- He also instituted a community of people to carry on what he was doing.
- carry forward
The people returned with a will to carry the memory into the streets.
- The people returned with a will to carry the memory into the streets.
- You could say carry on down Houston Rd.
- Instead the logic would like carry across all possible worlds.
- He also instituted a community of people to carry on what he was doing.
- And it requires someone to carry the torch where it's never been.
- And we all have our various ways of, of carrying this torch.
- So this this carried me through COVID for the most part.
- And the model will just keep on carrying it on and as if it's true.
- I'm brushing the tint on right time ago and I'll just carry on like fluffing it time.
Examples
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And now it's my job to carry it, to protect it, and to pass it on to the next chancellor.
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One girl noted, "Fitness activities will probably carry over after my schooling more than sports will."
Academic text (2011) -
And, you know, and you carry that forward.
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The people returned with a will to carry the memory into the streets.
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Develop those, use them, and let those carry you where they will.
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- Yes, keep calm and carry on.
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Well, carry on, Private, and good luck to you.
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We'll carry it on the editorial page.
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Wait for better days to come and carry us like wind in our sails.
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The team worked hard to carry the project to completion despite the challenges they faced.
Synonyms
To make something reach farther, such as more places or people
Reach up to a certain point or limit
To move something from one time or situation to a later one
To move someone, a plant, or an idea to a new place
To move something unused from one period to the next so it can still be used
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 Far-Reaching
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carry means to move something forward, and that idea of movement fits when influence or feeling goes into another time or place. So, when an idea 'carries' into the next week or country, it continues or spreads there.