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cart off

British  

verb

  1. informal (tr, adverb) to carry or remove brusquely or by force

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cart off Idioms  

  1. 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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It’s hard to imagine an ethical equation wherein one company’s drive to become even more profitable justifies letting random developers cart off their customers’ data without much in place to protect them from misuse.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2018

Catadores cart off unwanted non-recyclables like sofas and televisions as well.

From Economist • Sep. 28, 2017

Benjamin Ramirez took his cellphone and began recording his encounter with a bearded man who demanded he move his food cart off a Hollywood sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2017

We just hope he keeps his golf cart off the greens until the tournament has concluded.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 11, 2017

The business with Pita took all of my attention, but I did notice that the donkey had pulled the cart off the trail and stopped.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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