carry someone or something over from something

carry someone or something over from something
carry someone or something overfrom something
to transport someone or something from somewhere, usually a great distance or another country. •

The ship carried the travel club over from Spain.

They carried over all my furniture from Paris.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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