carry away

verb

carried away; carrying away; carries away

transitive verb

1

: to arouse to a high and often excessive degree of emotion or enthusiasm

The girl was carried away by her pity.

—Winston Churchill

2

: carry off sense 1

Synonyms of carry away

• entrance
• transport
• please
• satisfy
• delight
• knock one's socks off
• knock dead
• rapture
• rap

Examples of carry away in a Sentence

the beauty of the music carried him away

Recent Examples on the Web

Video from the rescue shows them being carefully carried away before making the nearly 400-kilometer (250-mile) trip to Nandankanan Zoo. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

The club, the fans and the media let themselves get carried away dreaming about the possibilities of club president Florentino Perez’s latest galacticos project. — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Evaporation of water also helps to cool outside air passed through the system to carry away the heat. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

In a year when there’s a strong chance four different women will carry away the Big Four trophies, Swift will have positioned herself to wind up, once again, as Music’s Biggest Story. — Alan Light, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for carry away

• andromache
• bioassay
• cabriolet
• cercariae
• communique
• companionway
• compositae
• decussate
• examinee
• fabaceae
• glyphosate
• gramineae

Kids Definition

carry away

verb

: to arouse strong feelings or enthusiasm in