carry someone away

carry someone away
carry someone away
[for someone or something] to cause a person to lose control. •

The excitement of the parade carried us all away.

The fervor of the speech carried away the whole crowd.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • carry */*/*/ — UK [ˈkærɪ] / US [ˈkerɪ] verb Word forms carry : present tense I/you/we/they carry he/she/it carries present participle carrying past tense carried past participle carried 1) [transitive] to hold someone or something using your hands, arms, or… …   English dictionary

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