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Definition of Carry on
1. Verb. Direct the course of; manage or control. "You cannot conduct business like this"
Generic synonyms: Care, Deal, Handle, Manage
Specialized synonyms: Racketeer
Derivative terms: Conducting, Deal, Deal, Dealing, Dealings
2. Verb. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last. "Carry on the old traditions"
Specialized synonyms: Re-start, Restart, Resume, Hang In, Hang On, Hold On, Persevere, Persist, Perpetuate, Keep Up, Prolong, Sustain, Mummify
Related verbs: Continue, Go Forward, Proceed, Continue, Go Along, Go On, Keep, Proceed
Generic synonyms: Hold, Keep, Maintain
Antonyms: Discontinue
Derivative terms: Preservation, Upholder
3. Verb. Continue talking. "Carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
Specialized synonyms: Segue, Jog, Ramble, Ramble On
Generic synonyms: Speak, Talk
Derivative terms: Continuation, Continuation
4. Verb. Misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way. "The children acted up when they were not bored"
Definition of Carry on
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To continue or proceed as before. ¹
2. Verb. To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it. ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic) To have or maintain. ¹
4. Verb. (idiomatic) To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention. ¹
5. Verb. (idiomatic) To have an illicit sexual liaison. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carry On
Literary usage of Carry on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"is understood to be, that the State of New York has forbidden anyone to carry on
the business upon which this special tax was imposed. ..."
2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1900)
"WHY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT REQUIRE THE MAJORITY OF THE Two
HOUSES IN ORDER TO carry on THE GOVERNMENT It is an established ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... rial to tho stata to carry on tlm war against those who vero building fortresses
for their annoyance in their own country, than against the Syracusans, ..."
4. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"It was as full as she could carry. On the whole, she would be sorry when he was
gone. 'hey had dinner, and sat eating nuts and drinking by fire. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and specially pledged the revenue from tobacco for the payment of that amount "to
carry on the objects to which said fund is destined". ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"SCIENCE dowments remarked that his institution was appropriating more money to
carry on research in one of the great universities than the university itself ..."
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