carry over
phrasal verbcarry over
- to continue to exist in a different situation
- Attitudes learned at home carry over into the playground.
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carry something over
- to keep something from one situation and use it or deal with it in a different situation
- to delay something until a later time
- The match had to be carried over until Sunday.
- (also carry something forward)to move a total amount from one column or page to the next