carry+over
121Carry the bat — In cricket, the term carry the bat (or carry one s bat) refers to an opening batsman who is not dismissed ( not out ) when the team innings is closed. The term is usually only used when the innings is closed as a result of all other 10 players… …
122carry the day — 1. to win a war or a fight. At the beginning of the American Civil War, many southerners believed their soldiers and statesmen would carry the day. 2. if you carry the day, you persuade people to support your ideas or opinions, or if a particular …
123carry — see a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone speak softly and carry a big stick everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over …
124carry something forward — transfer figures to a new page or account ■ keep something to use or deal with at a later time we carried forward a reserve, which allowed us to meet demands * * * ˌcarry sthˈforward derived (also ˌcarry sthˈover) to move a total amount from one… …
125Over Seventy — 1st edition (US) Over Seventy is an autobiographical work by P.G. Wodehouse, including a collection of articles originally from Punch magazine. It was first published in the United States on May 3, 1956 by Simon Schuster, Inc., New York under the …
126carry on — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. continue; misbehave, act up; emote. See continuity, badness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To continue] Syn. keep going, proceed, persist, persevere; see achieve 1 , continue 1 , 2 , endure 1 . 2. [To… …
127carry — [14] For such a basic and common word, carry has a surprisingly brief history. It does not cart 96 go back to some prehistoric Indo European root, but was formed less than 1000 years ago in Anglo Norman or Old Northern French, on the basis of… …
128carry someone over the threshold — to carry the woman who you have just married through the door of your home …
