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carried the mail

carried the mail is the simple past and past participle of carry the mail.

Meaning of carry the mail

Verb

carry the mail (third-person singular simple present carries the mail, present participle carrying the mail, simple past and past participle carried the mail)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.
    • "My objective was to carry the mail for the President, working with the Congress, forging that new bill."1986 January 8, Keith Schneider, “Agriculture Chief to Quit: Reagan Hails Block Tenure”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Mar 2014

Questions about carried the mail

What is carried the mail the simple past and past participle of?
Carried the mail is the simple past and past participle of carry the mail.

Words near carried the mail in the dictionary

  1. carried owls to Athens
  2. carried someone's water
  3. carried the ball
  4. carried the can
  5. carried the day
  6. carried the mail
  7. carried the mantle
  8. carried the message to Garcia
  9. carried the torch
  10. carried the world before one
  11. carried through

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