be/get carried away

phrase

: to be so excited that one is no longer in control of one's behavior

I shouldn't have behaved like that. I just got carried away.

They allowed themselves to be carried away by fear.

Examples of be/get carried away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before you get carried away and submerge all your seeds, examine the seeds and read the planting instructions on the package. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 12 Mar. 2026

Zachary James returns as both Amenhotep III, Akhnaten’s father, and the engaging narrator who occasionally threatens to get carried away. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026

In Sunday’s qualifiers, Finland’s Elias Lajunen had to be carried away on a stretcher and taken to the hospital after crashing awkwardly at the end of his first run. — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026

There have been too many false dawns in a season dogged by inconsistency for anyone to get carried away with Saturday’s triumph. — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026