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View definitions for carried away

carried away

adjective as in inspired

adverb as in on cloud nine

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"If you look back at the last five games we've played, they are still three-two up against us, so we won't get carried away with the result, but the beer tastes a little better."

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What England need to be careful of, though, is getting carried away with the pace and bounce and bowling too short.

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“Let’s not get carried away. I’m not that different.”

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The biscuits were for her own use, in case the Incorrigibles themselves got carried away and needed to be lured back to more civilized surroundings.

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The children, whose tendency to get carried away was exceeded only by their eagerness to please, looked crestfallen.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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