carry on (about someone or something)
- carry on (about someone or something)
carry on (about someone or something)
to make a great fuss over someone or something; to cry (especially for a long time or uncontrollably) about someone or something. (Note the variation in the examples.) •
Billy, stop carrying on about your tummy ache like that.
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The child carried on endlessly when his mother scolded him.
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When the soldier finally came home, his wife cried and carried on for hours.
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Calm down. There's no need to carry on so.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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