carry the message to Garcia

Verb

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

1. (dated, intransitive) To perform a requisite task despite obstacles.
   • ... its demand being for men who could face difficult decisions and achieve results, who could "carry the message to Garcia" without delay or dallying.1922, David Starr Jordan, The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor Prophet of Democracy, World Book Co., page 148
   • ...determined to always carry the message to Garcia, irrespective of adverse conditions and circumstances.1954, National Association of Training Schools, The Proceedings, page 15

   Synonyms:

   deliver the message to Garcia

2. (dated, intransitive) To perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so.
   • ...do it when you are told once. That is to say, carry the Message to Garcia!1932, William Carl Ruediger, Teaching Procedures, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 410
   • "And leaders will emerge. Men who can take the initiative, carry the message to Garcia. That's what I want." [The character in the novel said these words in 1952.]2005, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 30