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sweep, capture, gain, secure: She carried the election easily.
7 stock, sell, offer; display: We don't carry purple shoes in
this shop, Madam. 8 broadcast, disseminate, offer, release;
communicate, present, read, report, announce; give: The news is
carried on this station every night at nine. 9 carry away.
transport, excite, enrapture, delight: He was quite carried
away by her attentions. 10 carry off. a win, gain, capture,
secure: She managed to carry off the first prize for the third
year running. b abscond with, kidnap, take, purloin, Colloq
Brit pinch, nick: I'm afraid that some of your chickens have
been carried off by a fox. c accomplish, perform, effect, do,
succeed, handle or manage successfully, bring off, carry out:
We carried off the raid without loss of a single man. d kill,
be or cause the death of, cause to die: He was carried off by
yellow fever in his eightieth year. 11 carry on. a continue,
proceed, go on, persist, keep on or at, persevere: Don't stop -
just carry on with what you were doing. b manage, conduct,
operate: Despite the fire, we are carrying on our business as
usual. c misbehave, Colloq act up, fool around, Brit play up:
The children are carrying on so, I can't get any work done. 12
carry out or through. perform, effect, implement, complete,
execute, accomplish, continue, conclude: Henry is carrying out
his father's wishes according to the terms of his will.
cart n. 1 handcart, pushcart, trolley, barrow, wagon or Brit also
waggon: You'll need a cart to carry all these things to the
car.
--v. 2 carry, convey, move, lug, drag, tote, transport, bring,
haul, Colloq US schlep: Why do you cart that heavy bag
everywhere you go?
carte blanche
n. licence, permission, sanction, free rein, authority,
discretion: She was given carte blanche to spend the money any
way she wished.
carve v. 1 hew, cut, sculpt, sculpture, shape, chisel, model,
fashion, engrave, incise, grave, whittle, chip: The bust is
carved out of solid marble. 2 Often, carve up or out. divide
(up), cut (up), subdivide, apportion, parcel out, allot,
partition: The gang-leaders carved up the territory, and the
killings stopped for a while.