carry (someone) back to
idiom
: to make (someone) remember (something)
The song carries me back to my first year of college.
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These baits typically contain a slow-acting poison that the earwigs will carry back to their nests, affecting the entire population.
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024
Sending them off with pockets full of cookies wrapped with the golden seal of the presidency doesn’t hurt, either, a little chocolate chip cookie diplomacy to carry back to the Hill.
—Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
Sending them off with pockets full of cookies wrapped with the golden seal of the presidency doesn't hurt, either, a little chocolate chip cookie diplomacy to carry back to the Hill.
—Lisa Mascaro, Star Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024
Sending them off with pockets full of cookies wrapped with the golden seal of the presidency doesn’t hurt, either, a little chocolate chip cookie diplomacy to carry back to the Hill.
—Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
Sending them off with pockets full of cookies wrapped with the golden seal of the presidency doesn't hurt, either, a little chocolate chip cookie diplomacy to carry back to the Hill.
—Lisa Mascaro, Star Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
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