carry all before one
carry all before one verb: to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.
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)
- 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
Forms of carry all before one
| third-person singular present | carries all before one |
|---|---|
| present participle | carrying all before one |
| past participle | carried all before one |
| past | carried all before one |
Questions about carry all before one
- What does carry all before one mean?
- Carry all before one means to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.
- What part of speech is carry all before one?
- Carry all before one is a verb.
- What is the past tense of carry all before one?
- The past tense of carry all before one is carried all before one.
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