be/get carried away

idiom

: 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

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With that one word, Jacques, who was soon to be carried away by a fatal cold, had given a seafaring Polish exile a vital nod of encouragement. —Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024

By implication, individuals do not need to be carried away with the quick benefits. —Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024

But don’t get carried away with the unattainable goal of poreless skin. —Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

Of course, companies tend to get carried away when navigating a period of rapid advancements and intense public interest. —Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024

Sometimes David allows himself to get carried away like everyone else. —Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024

Pablo Savoia, a priest at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Buenos Aires and a frequent commentator on Catholicism, urged Catholics not to get carried away. —Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023

Take it all in amid the city locals and let yourself be carried away by the energy and charm that is the floating city — with plenty of fantastic hotels to choose from. —Joyce Falcone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2023

One fan calmly allowed security to walk him off field, but the other kept waving his hands, kicking and flailing to get the 25-year-old star athlete's attention and had to be carried away by three guards. —Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2023