carry sb away
— phrasal verb with carry uk/ˈkær.i/us/ˈker.i/verb
be/get carried away
B2 to become so excited about something that you do not control what you say or do:
There's far too much food - I'm afraid I got a bit carried away.
The manager warned his young players not to get carried away by the emotion of the occasion.
to cause someone to become very excited and to lose control:
The crowd were carried away by his passionate speech.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- rivet
- swing
- talk sth up
- whip sth up
- wow factor
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