cart off

verb

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

Now his only wish was to avoid getting carted off to jail.

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In the second quarter at Tennessee, he had to be carted off the field.

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Even the notoriously harsh Philadelphia fans gave their NFC East rival’s rising star a standing ovation as he was carted off the field with an air cast on his leg.

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He was eventually carted off the field, joining Eli Sanders, the Trojans’ other top back, who left the game in the first quarter.

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After the potatoes are picked, they are washed and then carted off in big trucks to manufacturing facilities.

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