cart off
B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To take someone or something away in a cart or vehicle, especially when they don't want to go.
Literal meaning: To put something in a cart and take it off.
Meanings
1 B2 informal
To forcibly or unceremoniously take someone away to another location.
"The security guards carted off the rowdy fans before the match ended."
Grammar: separable
2 B2 informal
To remove unwanted items or large quantities of goods.
"They carted off two vans full of junk from the old warehouse."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Often implies that the subject (person or thing) is being removed without much ceremony or against their will. Common in journalistic and informal speech. Very similar to 'cart away'.
Commonly used with
police ambulance rubbish suspect belongings hospital
Forms
Base
cart off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
carts off
he/she/it
Past simple
carted off
yesterday
Past participle
carted off
have + pp
-ing form
carting off
continuous
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