Meaning of carry the message to Garcia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To perform a requisite task despite obstacles.
   dated, intransitive
2. To perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so.
   dated, intransitive

Examples

“1922, David Starr Jordan, The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor Prophet of Democracy, World Book Co., page 148, ... its demand⟳ being for men who could face⟳ difficult decisions and achieve⟳ results, who could "carry⟳ the message to Garcia" without delay⟳ or dallying.”

“...determined to always carry⟳ the message to Garcia, irrespective of adverse conditions and circumstances.”

“1932, William Carl Ruediger, Teaching Procedures, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 410, ...do it when you are told once. That is to say⟳, carry⟳ the Message to Garcia!”

“2005, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The Mad Cook⟳ of Pymatuning: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 30, "And leaders will emerge⟳. Men who can take⟳ the initiative, carry⟳ the message to Garcia. That's what I want⟳." [The character in the novel said these words in 1952.]”

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