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Carry away Moderate

Carry away has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

"Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"

"The car carried us off to the meeting"

"I'll take you away on a holiday"

"I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"

2

To break under sudden pressure of violent wind.

Example Sentences
"Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands" verb
"The car carried us off to the meeting" verb
"I'll take you away on a holiday" verb
"I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
get
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
remove
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
spirit away whisk off
Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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