carry all before one

verb

To overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.

Meanings

verbcarry all before one (third-person singular simple present carries all before one, present participle carrying all before one, simple past and past participle carried all before one)

present singular third person carries all before one · participle present carrying all before one · participle past carried all before one · past carried all before one

  1. To overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.

    “I will do for this country what I did for London where we were able to lift the poor and the needy in our society while also sticking up for the wealth creators. If we can restore this basic philosophy we will carry all before us,” he said.

    2019 June 10, Heather Stewart, “Gove reboots Tory leadership bid with attack on Johnson”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

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