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Carry over

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.

    "We carried her over the bridge."

  2. 2
    transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another wordnet
  3. 3
    To transfer (something) to a later point in time. idiomatic, transitive

    "The rent was carried over to December."

  4. 4
    transfer from one time period to the next wordnet
  5. 5
    To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits. transitive
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  1. 6
    transport from one place or state to another wordnet
  2. 7
    To continue cooking after being removed from a heat source. intransitive

    "The chicken will carry over before it is served."

  3. 8
    hold over goods to be sold for the next season wordnet
  4. 9
    To transfer. figuratively, transitive

    "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."

  5. 10
    To induce to join an opposing party or faction.

Etymology

Attested since the 17th century; listed for instance in Elisha Coles' 1676 dictionary as a translation of transfer, thereby possibly a calque of Latin transfero; compare Dutch overdragen, German übertragen.

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