Antonyms for carrying over


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


Definition of carrying over

Origin :
  • c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.
  • As in reopen : verb continue
  • As in restart : verb continue
  • As in continue : verb begin again; resume
Example sentences :
  • After carrying over our canoe and luggage, we encamped at the upper end.
  • Extract from : « Hudson Bay » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Up and back from it ran the chain which the smith had been carrying over his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The Ten-foot Chain » by Achmed Abdullah
  • But, Joe, you were doing something: what were you carrying over to Ready-Money?
  • Extract from : « Dead Man's Rock » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • In a wonderfully short time he came back, carrying over his shoulder a little glossy black bearskin.
  • Extract from : « Baby Jane's Mission » by Reginald Parnell
  • Luellas mother was carrying over her arm Luellas spring coat, her everyday one, a dark blue reefer.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • Pete Dally dropped the big haversack he was carrying over his broad shoulders, and obeyed.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Air Ship » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • The President now brought up a question that he had been carrying over from the campaign period.
  • Extract from : « Under Four Administrations » by Oscar S. Straus
  • You wonder where they came from, where they are going, what they are carrying over their shoulders and in their hands.
  • Extract from : « Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) » by Hugo B. Froehlich
  • Soon he returned, carrying over his shoulder a door-mat which he threw down at her feet.
  • Extract from : « Just William » by Richmal Crompton
  • He took a light overcoat he had been carrying over his arm and spread it on the heather.
  • Extract from : « The Testing of Diana Mallory » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Synonyms for carrying over

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