cart off
cart away or cart out
verb
(tr, adverb) informal to carry or remove brusquely or by force
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cart off
cart off
Also, cart away. Transport or remove in an unceremonious way, as in The police carted them all off to jail, or We'll call the town to cart away this trash. This term owes its meaning to cart, a humble conveyance compared to a carriage. [Second half of 1800s]
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