Antonyms for carried back


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kar-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i


Definition of carried back

Origin :
  • c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.
  • As in return : verb give back, send back
Example sentences :
  • With these words he carried back the book and once more laid it on the table.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • I was in a fever of anxiety lest I should be overtaken and carried back.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • Then the body must have been carried back from the spot where the blow was struck?
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • For a moment, he was carried back to the flat lands around 's Gravenhage.
  • Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Of the captives, twenty-seven men and boys were carried back to Quebec.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • Accordingly he was carried back to a village which the troops had left that evening.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
  • It would have been hard if I had been carried back by the snow at the last, Gedge.
  • Extract from : « Fix Bay'nets » by George Manville Fenn
  • Have you forgotten the stuff we carried back into the stern?
  • Extract from : « The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet » by Kenneth Ward
  • Two of these are mentioned and carried back to their mythical sources.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • Presently he came to a box of shells, which he picked up and carried back to the tree.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) » by John McElroy

Synonyms for carried back

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