Meaning of carry over | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.
2. To transfer (something) to a later point in time.
   idiomatic, transitive
3. To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
   transitive
4. To continue cooking after being removed from a heat source.
   intransitive
5. To transfer.
   figuratively, transitive
6. To induce to join an opposing party or faction.

Examples

“We carried her over the bridge.”

“The rent was carried over to December.”

“The chicken will carry over before it is served.”

“Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.”

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