Usage of "carry away"

Portuguese

Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state.

Usage of carry away in English

As she crossed the threshold, Teresa entered to carry away the dishes. 
 Paula the Waldensian 

And carry away the keen-scented fruit of his cutting, cord upon cord. 
 Alcyone 

We will cut them into bits that the moose-birds can carry away. 
 God's Country—And the Woman 

Such articles as the soldiers could not carry away they wantonly destroyed. 
 Fighting in Flanders 

Let me carry away the memory of her face, at any rate. 
 The Lovels of Arden 

And they said they could not carry away their goods without horses. 
 Gods and Fighting Men / The story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of... 

The drain could carry away my blood as easy as anything else. 
 An ordinary decent criminal 

Don't think a man could carry away so much at one time. 
 The Highgrader 

Then he said to them, How will you carry away your goods? 
 The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 03 

And did Obadiah, then, carry away nothing with him when he died? 
 Town and Country Sermons 

Our representative will come to carry away what he has stolen from Us. 
 The great hunt 

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Senior citizens in Philadelphia carry away donated fans. 
 The Guardian 

It took two years for scavengers to carry away the carcasses. 
 Wired 

But let not your success in office carry away your modesty and humility. 
 The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter 

Already the hall-men were picking up the bundles they were to carry away. 
 The Road 

And in return she was to carry away mink, otter and beaver skins. 
 The Grey Cloak 

carry

Verb

Preposition

Translations for carry away

Portuguese

Carry away through the time

Carry away across language varieties

United Kingdom

Common

United States of America

Less common

Meanings of carry away in English