carry over

present singular third person carries over · participle present carrying over · participle past carried over · past carried over

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.

   We carried her over the bridge.

2. idiomatictransitiveTo transfer (something) to a later point in time.

   The rent was carried over to December.

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   So many candidates there were that the ceremonies were carried over to the next morning.

3. transitivearithmeticTo carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
4. intransitivecookingTo continue cooking after being removed from a heat source.

   The chicken will carry over before it is served.

5. figurativelytransitiveTo transfer.

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   Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.

   2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club

6. To induce to join an opposing party or faction.