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

But there's no confirmed international launch either, so I wouldn't get carried away just yet. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

Once night falls and the Delta breeze carries away any remaining daytime warmth, climbing becomes a far more enjoyable experience. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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

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