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

Teams of emergency workers and volunteers picked through debris at the cratered blast sites, as bodies were pulled from the rubble and carried away in white plastic sheeting. — Derek Gatopoulos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

On this overcast April day, outside the gates of the school, a dark slick of blood trailed from the site where, hours earlier, the limp body of a 14-year-old had been carried away. — Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

The boat returned, and the crew of the Honour 25 carried away their dead. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

To avoid aggravation, Czech recommends taking a minimal approach to physical exfoliation, which can cause micro-tears on the epidermis if you get carried away. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 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