Meanings
verbcart off (third-person singular simple present carts off, present participle carting off, simple past and past participle carted off)
present singular third person carts off · participle present carting off · participle past carted off · past carted off
- informaltransitiveTo transport away.
Los Angeles is under permanent lockdown, and daily health checks are mandatory, the sick carted off to the ominous Q-Zone by armed sanitation workers in yellow hazmat suits.
2020 December 10, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucks”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
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cart off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cart%20off
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“cart off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cart%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cart off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cart%20off.
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