Meaning of carry on in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To continue or proceed as before.

  Example: I'll be gone for a few days, but I hope you will carry on in my absence.

• To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.

  Example: You may only carry on items that are smaller than a certain size.

• To have or maintain.

  Example: It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions.

• To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention.

  Example: I really wish you wouldn't carry on like that in public!

• To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship.

  Example: I thought he was my friend, but all the time he was carrying on with my wife!

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