carry on

carry on
carry on
to behave badly or mischievously. •

The children always carry on when the teacher's out of the room.

Stop carrying on and go to sleep!

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{v.} 1. To cause death of; kill. * /Years ago smallpox carried off hundreds of Indians of the Sioux tribe./ Compare: WIPE OUT. 2. To succeed in winning. * /Bob carried off honors in science./ * /Jim carried off two gold medals in the track meet./ 3. To succeed somewhat unexpectedly in. * /The spy planned to deceive the enemy soldiers and carried it off very well./ * /In the class play, Lloyd carried off his part surprisingly well./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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