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cart off
cart off , cart away or cart outvb (tr, adverb) informal to carry or remove brusquely or by forceThesaurus| Verb | 1. | cart off - take away by means of a vehicle; "They carted off the old furniture"cart away, haul away, haul offtake away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" |
cart off
cart offTo remove someone or something from a particular place or area, especially roughly or dismissively, typically because it is a nuisance or is going to be discarded. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cart" and "off." The police carted off the burglar after they caught him fleeing the scene of the crime. I don't need half the junk that's in my new office, so I'm going to ask one of the cleaning guys to cart it all off.See also: cart, offcart someone or something offto take or haul someone or something away. (When used with someone the person is treated like an object.) The police came and carted her off. Let's cart off these boxes.See also: cart, offcart offAlso, cart away. Transport or remove in an unceremonious way, as in The police carted them all off to jail, or We'll call the town to cart away this trash. This term owes its meaning to cart, a humble conveyance compared to a carriage. [Second half of 1800s] See also: cart, offcart off
Synonyms for cart offverb take away by means of a vehicleSynonyms- cart away
- haul away
- haul off
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