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car·ry on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. conduct, carry on, dealverb

    direct the course of; manage or control

    "You cannot conduct business like this"

  2. continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserveverb

    keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

    "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

  3. continue, go on, carry on, proceedverb

    continue talking

    "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

  4. act up, carry onverb

    misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way

    "The children acted up when they were not bored"

Wiktionary

  1. carry onverb

    To continue or proceed as before.

  2. carry onverb

    To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.

  3. carry onverb

    To have or maintain.

  4. carry onverb

    To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention.

  5. carry onverb

    To have an illicit sexual liaison.

Wikipedia

  1. Carry On

    Carry On is a song by Avenged Sevenfold. The song was released on iTunes on September 24, 2012.

ChatGPT

  1. carry on

    Carry on generally means to continue an action, behavior, or task, or to persist in doing something. However, its meaning can slightly change depending on the context. It also can refer to dealing with problems or difficulties in a calm and resilient way, carrying personal belongings in a small bag on a plane, or behaving in an uncontrolled, foolish, or annoying way.

Wikidata

  1. Carry On

    Carry On is the second solo studio album released by American musician Chris Cornell. It was released on May 28, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007 in the United States. This album is Cornell's second after Euphoria Morning in 1999, and his first since leaving his former band Audioslave. As of September 4, 2007, the album has sold 121,000 copies in the US and 300,000 copies worldwide.

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  1. carry on

    Song lyrics by carry on -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by carry on on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. carry on

    Read the full text of the Carry On poem by Robert William Service on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry on in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of carry on in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth Whelan:

    It's very difficult in the early months not to be completely consumed by the emotion of the situation, worrying about how your loved one is doing, worrying day and night, and it to the point of actually being unable to carry on your daily work or advocate properly, and at some point, you realize that if you're going to get your loved one home, that is not the way forward, that you have to be sensible and organized and keep your eye on the goal, which is Paul's release.

  2. Maria Tam:

    There's one more question that I will ask you - who will replace her? She should carry on and put right whatever has gone wrong.

  3. Joseph Tung:

    Put yourself in their shoes. If you feel as though people are not welcoming you, why would you come to Hong Kong? if these things carry on... the high spenders in China can just go elsewhere, like Europe.

  4. Martha Brockenbrough:

    Of course, we don't want to lie and mislead our children, i wanted her to know what Santa meant and why it was a useful and powerful tradition to carry on.

  5. Mark Griffiths:

    Most of these rewards are -- at least to some extent -- unpredictable, not knowing when the next reward will come keeps some players in the game. In short, they carry on gaming even though they may not have received an immediate reward. They simply hope that another reward is.


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