carry away

verb

carried away; carrying away; carries away

transitive verb

1

: to arouse to a high and often excessive degree of emotion or enthusiasm

The girl was carried away by her pity.

—Winston Churchill

2

: carry off sense 1

Synonyms of carry away

• entrance
• transport
• please
• satisfy
• delight
• knock one's socks off
• knock dead
• rapture
• rap

Examples of carry away in a Sentence

the beauty of the music carried him away

Recent Examples on the Web

In a year when there’s a strong chance four different women will carry away the Big Four trophies, Swift will have positioned herself to wind up, once again, as Music’s Biggest Story. — Alan Light, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

There’s a risk in getting too carried away with one possession in one game. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Weather matters more than duration Don't get carried away with duration at the expense of clear skies. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026

They were later carried away on stretchers to pathology vans. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for carry away

• andromache
• bioassay
• cabriolet
• cercariae
• communique
• companionway
• compositae
• decussate
• examinee
• fabaceae
• glyphosate
• gramineae

Kids Definition

carry away

verb

: to arouse strong feelings or enthusiasm in