get carried away
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get carried away
1. To become excessive in one's enthusiasm, excitement, zeal, etc., especially in conversation. She started getting carried away during her story, frantically describing every detail of what happened. Sorry, I got a little carried away there—I just love talking about my favorite artists!
2. To do something to an extreme or excessive degree, especially unintentionally. Wow, it seems our interior designer got a little carried away. I mean, how many pairs of decorative antlers does one house need? I was just planning to clean the bathroom, but I got carried away and did all the windows and the floors, too.
get carried away
Fig. to be overcome by emotion or enthusiasm (in one's thinking or actions). Calm down, Jane. Don't get carried away. Here, Bill. Take this money and go to the candy store, but don't get carried away.