carry over to/until (some day or time)

carry over to/until (some day or time)

To postpone something until a later day or time. A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "over" or between "over" and "to/until." Because the meeting ran so long, we're carrying over the last issue on the agenda to Monday. The problem isn't urgent, so let's just carry it over until tomorrow. I can't get to that today, so carry it over to tomorrow on my to-do list.

See also: carry, over, to, until

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carry someone or something over to something

to lift and move someone or something to another place. Please carry this over to the window. Could you carry Timmy over to his bed, please? He's asleep.

See also: carry, over, to

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