Carry on - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkærɪ ɑːn|  American pronunciation of the word carry on
Brit.  |ˈkærɪɒn|  British pronunciation of the word carry on

verb

- direct the course of; manage or control (syn: conduct, deal)
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last (syn: bear on, continue, preserve, uphold)
- continue talking (syn: continue, go on, proceed)
carry on--pretend we are not in the room
- misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way (syn: act up)

Extra examples

Don't let me interrupt you, just carry on.

We must try to carry on as if nothing had happened.

They did but carry on the work which he had begun.

Don't stop reading there, the poem carries on over the page.

The baker has carried on business here for years.

The people upstairs were carrying on again last night, they had me quite worried.

...a toddler crying and carrying on in the store...

...she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband...

Carry on!

Don't carry on so!

Sorry, I interrupted you. Please carry on.

You'll have an accident if you carry on driving like that.

I want to carry on with my course.

It was so noisy it was hard to carry on a conversation.

It's impossible to carry on a conversation with all this noise in the background.

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