carry away
verb
carried away; carrying away; carries away
1
: to arouse to a high and often excessive degree of emotion or enthusiasm
The girl was carried away by her pity.—
Winston Churchill
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the beauty of the music carried him away
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The key to using a mandoline is to pay attention and not get carried away.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2025
As these binary systems emit gravitational waves, those ripples in spacetime carry away angular momentum.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Carbone started to apologize for getting carried away.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
The friction of the running water carries away debris.
—Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2025
As these binary systems emit gravitational waves, those ripples in spacetime carry away angular momentum.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Carbone started to apologize for getting carried away.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
The friction of the running water carries away debris.
—Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for carry away
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20away. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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