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carried on meaning

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  • VerbBFcarry onSGcarries onPRcarrying on
    1. simple past tense and past participle of carry on.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions.
        • If you carry on like that, the law will soon be feeling your collar.
        • The least episodes or underactions [ …] are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design. — Dryden.
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • I do love to get with a lot of nice girls, and carry on!

    Meaning of carried on for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "carried on" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Past participles
            • Verb simple past forms
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