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

Examples of carry away in a Sentence

the beauty of the music carried him away
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There was heavy rain and the rain carried away all the earth that the bulldozer had dug up. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025 The life-sized bronze statue was sawed off at the heels and carried away by unknown perpetrators, Novo Mesto Police Department spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus confirmed to the Slovenian outlet Dnevnik. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025 Some experts cautioned on not getting too carried away by what may be a tactical bounce in equities. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 May 2025 Maybe the adults just got carried away by the punny potential of getting to be the Apple dancers in Minne-apple-is? Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for carry away

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of carry away was circa 1829

Cite this Entry

“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20away. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

carry away

verb
: to arouse strong feelings or enthusiasm in
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