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carry the mail

carry the mail verb: to work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.

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
    • To say the Pittsburgh Penguins are a top-heavy club is an understatement. . . . The club is therefore completely reliant on Crosby and Co. to carry the mail up front.2011 April 12, Kent Wilson, “Sidney Crosby's historic season”, in ESPN.com, retrieved 05 Mar 2014

carry the mail meaning in Bengali

carry the mail in Bengali

পরিশ্রম সহকারে কাজ করা

Forms of carry the mail

third-person singular presentcarries the mail
present participlecarrying the mail
past participlecarried the mail
pastcarried the mail

Questions about carry the mail

What does carry the mail mean?
Carry the mail means to work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.
What is carry the mail in Bengali?
Carry the mail in Bengali is পরিশ্রম সহকারে কাজ করা. See Carry the mail meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is carry the mail?
Carry the mail is a verb.
What is the past tense of carry the mail?
The past tense of carry the mail is carried the mail.

Words near carry the mail in the dictionary

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

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