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To bring something aboard something, such as luggage on a plane or train
“Investigators are studying all liquid explosives to determine whether passengers will be allowed to carry on items such as water and toothpaste.”
To remain a specified state, especially in the face of difficulty or challenges
“How am I supposed to live without you? How am I supposed to carry on? When all that I've been living for is gone.”
To continue an activity or task
“Don't mind me. You just carry on as if I'm not here.”
To manage or organize the operations of
“If a company, for instance, carrying on a cotton-mill, should be found unable to carry on its affairs satisfactorily, it may be made bankrupt, and the mill sold.”
To behave in a specified way
“If they carry on like this, they will create another class that will not be able to support itself in old age.”
To behave in an overemotional way
“If this is how some people behave in public, Heaven only knows how they carry on in their own homes.”
To complain, especially emotionally and at length
“The indignant teacher had called Sheriff Brimley to report and carry on about the dastardly deed done to her.”
To be engaged in a love affair, typically one of which the speaker disapproves
“So I've got to be fat and ugly while you get thin and carry on with your secretary.”
To remain in existence or active
To begin again
To caress, touch up, pet or make love
Keep the ball rolling
Continue to live after the death of
To succeed despite difficult circumstances
To extend or make longer
To remain in a given situation or state
To keep a particular state constant or consistent
Assume the leading role
To carry on (a war or campaign)
Fool around
Maintain, sustain
Make an exhibition of yourself
To talk at length in a rambling manner
To withstand continued use or life in a specified way
To exert oneself for a particular purpose
To begin again or continue after a pause or interruption
To move or proceed further along a course
Enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way
To succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level
To feel deep sadness, distress or anguish
To move or proceed very slowly
To carry out a role or penalty
To feel or express deep sorrow for
To say as a further remark
Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way
To engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation
To take action or do something
To be stirred up with anger
To do, carry through, conduct, or perform some action
To feel anguish or distress
Things that go on, occur, or happen
Silly or foolish behaviour
A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance
A romantic or sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other
A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections
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