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View synonyms for

carry away

verb

  1. to remove forcefully

  2. (usually passive) to cause (a person) to lose self-control

  3. (usually passive) to delight or enrapture

    he was carried away by the music

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Move or excite greatly. This expression is usually used in the passive, be carried away, as in The eulogy was so touching we were carried away, or Take it easy; don't get carried away and overdo. [Late 1500s]
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The two-time Libertadores champion is not particularly known for letting himself get carried away too easily, especially in front of the cameras.

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The children were on their way to school in the town of Mthatha when their bus was carried away in flood waters as it was crossing a bridge on Tuesday morning.

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In a separate incident, the bodies of seven people carried away by flood water have been found in the province's OR Tambo district.

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At least one video showed a woman being tackled to the ground earlier and being carried away.

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Women and children could be seen running and screaming as they watched injured people carried away.

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