cart something away

cart something away
cart (someone/something) away to take someone or something somewhere.

We cleaned out the garage and carted tons of stuff away.

Investigators were carting away boxes of material from her office.


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  • cart someone away — cart (someone/something) away to take someone or something somewhere. We cleaned out the garage and carted tons of stuff away. Investigators were carting away boxes of material from her office …   New idioms dictionary

  • cart away — cart (someone/something) away to take someone or something somewhere. We cleaned out the garage and carted tons of stuff away. Investigators were carting away boxes of material from her office …   New idioms dictionary

  • cart — cart1 [ka:t US ka:rt] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: kartr] 1.) a vehicle with no roof that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying heavy things →↑handcart 2.) AmE a large wire basket on wheels that you use in a ↑supermarket British… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cart off — verb take away by means of a vehicle (Freq. 1) They carted off the old furniture • Syn: ↑cart away, ↑haul off, ↑haul away • Hypernyms: ↑take away, ↑take out …   Useful english dictionary

  • cart — 1 noun (C) 1 a vehicle with two or four wheels that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying heavy things see also: handcart 2 AmE a large wire basket on wheels that you use in a supermarket; trolley (1) BrE 3 AmE a small table with wheels,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • cart away — verb take away by means of a vehicle They carted off the old furniture • Syn: ↑cart off, ↑haul off, ↑haul away • Hypernyms: ↑take away, ↑take out • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

  • take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …   Useful english dictionary

  • haul away — verb take away by means of a vehicle They carted off the old furniture • Syn: ↑cart off, ↑cart away, ↑haul off • Hypernyms: ↑take away, ↑take out • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

  • To carry away — Carry Car ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carrying}.] [OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. car, char, F. car, car. See {Car}.] 1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; often… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • take away — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To subtract] Syn. deduct, take from, knock off; see decrease 2 . 2. [To carry off] Syn. transport, cart off, carry away; see remove 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To move (something) from a position occupied: remove,… …   English dictionary for students

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