carry away
To pick something up and take it away, or to make someone so excited or emotional they stop thinking clearly.
Meanings
To physically remove someone or something by carrying.
"The rescue team carried away the injured hiker on a stretcher."
To cause someone to become so excited, emotional, or enthusiastic that they lose their usual self-control or judgment.
"Don't get carried away — we still have a lot of work to do before we celebrate."
"I got a little carried away."
— Commonly attributed as a self-deprecating phrase; widely documented in interviews and public speech as a set expression
For a force (water, wind) to move something by transporting it away with power.
"The river burst its banks and carried away several small boats."
The figurative sense is most commonly found in the passive construction 'be/get carried away'. The literal sense (physically transporting) is transparent. The emotional sense implies a loss of appropriate restraint.
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