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carried all before one

carried all before one is the simple past and past participle of carry all before one.

Meaning of carry all before one

Verb

carry all before one (third-person singular simple present carries all before one, present participle carrying all before one, simple past and past participle carried all before one)

  1. To overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.
    • “I will do for this country what I did for London where we were able to lift the poor and the needy in our society while also sticking up for the wealth creators. If we can restore this basic philosophy we will carry all before us,” he said.2019 June 10, Heather Stewart, “Gove reboots Tory leadership bid with attack on Johnson”, in The Guardian

Questions about carried all before one

What is carried all before one the simple past and past participle of?
Carried all before one is the simple past and past participle of carry all before one.

Words near carried all before one in the dictionary

  1. carrie
  2. carried
  3. carried a torch
  4. carried a torch for
  5. carried a tune
  6. carried all before one
  7. carried away
  8. carried coals to Newcastle
  9. carried conviction
  10. carried corn
  11. carried everything before one

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