verb
take away by means of a vehicle (Freq. 1)
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They carted off the old furniture
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
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cart off (informal)
1. To remove
2. To take away
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Main Entry: ↑cart
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ˌcart ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cart off he/she/it carts off present participle carting off past tense carted off past participle carted off] informal phrasal verb
to take someone somewhere, especially to a prison or hospital
I was carted off in an ambulance with the sirens blaring.
Thesaurus: to go somewhere with someone or somethingsynonym to put someone in a prison, or to keep them as a prisonersynonym
Main entry: cart
Useful english dictionary. 2012.