carry away

verb

1. to remove forcefully

2. (usually passive) to cause (a person) to lose self-control

3. (usually passive) to delight or enrapture

   he was carried away by the music

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

"The benefits are you can access work that's been set if the computers are all full, but the drawbacks are you can get carried away and just start scrolling," she said.

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Separately, the father and daughter were carried away by the avalanche and their bodies were recovered on Sunday.

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But the wind carried away the solar panels earlier this year.

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"Football is about creating special memories and today we all go home happy - but we are not in a position to get carried away."

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Morgan warns that investors should not get carried away with the the lithium producer’s newfound popularity in Washington.

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