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Phrase(s): carry someone or something away
to take or steal someone or something. • Someone carried our lawn furniture away while we were on vacation. • The kidnappers carried away the child when no one was looking., Phrase(s): carry someone away
[for someone or something] to cause a person to lose control. • The excitement of the parade carried us all away. • The fervor of the speech carried away the whole crowd.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms