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 friction of the running water carries away debris.
—Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
Just six inches of moving water can knock a person over, and two feet can carry away vehicles.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
This Dior collection was sparser on bags and shoes, those brisk-selling tack-ons that designers can get carried away with, festooning them to models like ornaments on a Christmas tree.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic clearance.
—Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
Just six inches of moving water can knock a person over, and two feet can carry away vehicles.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
This Dior collection was sparser on bags and shoes, those brisk-selling tack-ons that designers can get carried away with, festooning them to models like ornaments on a Christmas tree.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic clearance.
—Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20away. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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