carrying over

Verb

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

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.
   • We carried her over the bridge.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To transfer (something) to a later point in time.
   • The rent was carried over to December.
3. (transitive) To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
4. (intransitive) To continue cooking after being removed from a heat source.
   • The chicken will carry over before it is served.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To transfer.
   • Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to...2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club
6. To induce to join an opposing party or faction.