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carry onTo take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.Rate it:
carry onTo have or maintain.Rate it:
carry onTo have an illicit sexual liaison.Rate it:
carry onTo continue or proceed as before.Rate it:
carry onTo act or behave; especially to act or behave so as to attract attention.Rate it:
carry one's own weightA variant of carry one's weight.Rate it:
carry one's weightTo contribute or produce one's fair share, as of work, money, etc.Rate it:
carry oneselfTo move, especially emphasising the manner in which one moves.Rate it:
carry oneselfTo behave, especially with respect to how one's speech, body language, facial expressions, and grooming convey one's opinion concerning oneself.Rate it:
carry outTo hold while moving something out.Rate it:
carry outTo fulfill.Rate it:
carry overUsed other than as an idiom. To transport over by carrying.Rate it:
carry overTo transfer (something) to a later point in time.Rate it:
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carry overTo inherit, to inspireRate it:
carry someone's waterTo do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.Rate it:
Carry the BallTo ensure the completion of task/job perfectlyRate it:
carry the canTo take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation.Rate it:
carry the mailTo work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.Rate it:
carry the message to garciaTo perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so.Rate it:
carry the message to garciaTo perform a requisite task despite obstacles.Rate it:
Carry the Weight of the World on Your ShouldersTo think yourself responsible to resolve the problems of whole worldRate it:
carry throughTo manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.Rate it:
carry upTo convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.Rate it:
carry water forTo perform menial tasks for; to serve; to assist.Rate it:
carrying baggageFrom former loversRate it:
cart awayTo take something away in order to dispose of it; to remove a large volume of materials.Rate it:
cart awayTo remove someone difficult or troublesome.Rate it:
cart offto transport (someone), especially someone who is incapable of movementRate it:
carve outTo hollow by carving.Rate it:
carve outTo create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.Rate it:
carve upTo cut into pieces.Rate it:
carve upTo divide or dismember, separate into partsRate it:
carved in stoneUnchangeable.Rate it:
Carved in StoneUnchangeable, permanently determined on opinion or decision,Rate it:
case closedUsed other than as an idiom: A case is closed; specifically, a police investigation or similar is resolved.Rate it:
case closedThe above is meant as final, not subject to amendation or variation.Rate it:
case in pointAn example that illustrates a point.Rate it:
case in pointa good exampleRate it:
cash cowA product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.Rate it:
cash cowSomeone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.Rate it:
cash inTo profit from; to use an opportunity to maximum advantage, especially financially.Rate it:
cash in one's chipsTo discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up.Rate it:
cash in one's chipsTo die.Rate it:
cash on the barrelheadMoney in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction.Rate it:
cash outTo explain what is entailed by an idea or proposition.Rate it:
cash outTo exchange possession of any commodity or idea for cash.Rate it:
cash outTo retire; to exchange gambling chips for money when finished gambling.Rate it:
cash outTo reconcile at the end of a shift; to compare receipts of items sold to records of credit card, check and cash placed into the drawer, verifying that correct change was given out by the clerk.Rate it:
cash strappedShort of money Limited on the cash you have availableRate it:

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