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carry something over1Retain something and apply or deal with it in a new context: much of the wartime economic planning was carried over into the peace...- The practice was possibly carried over from a similar arrangement in Massachusetts.
- During his presidency, Federalists lit bonfires and held balls in his honor, carrying over earlier British practices of honoring the birthday of the sovereign.
- The young can't write business email because they are carrying over the style they developed in text messaging and personal email.
1.1Postpone an event: the match had to be carried over till Sunday...- Another first is a rule, introduced for the 109th running of this event countrywide, that no match will be carried over two days, which means, that whoever is leading if rain calls a halt to proceedings will be declared the winner.
- The match had to be carried over because the deadline had elapsed.
- The matches went on till as late as 10 p.m. on Saturday and even then the A division final had to be carried over to the next day
1.2 another way of saying carry something forward.But that is not the case: in fact prices for most models have been carried over from the present models....- A grant received for the parish plan will be carried over to the next financial year.
- If there is no winner, the money is carried over to the following week.
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