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carting away

carting away is the present participle and gerund of cart away.

Meaning of cart away

Verb

cart away (third-person singular simple present carts away, present participle carting away, simple past and past participle carted away)

  1. To take something away in order to dispose of it; to remove a large volume of materials.
  2. To remove someone difficult or troublesome.
    • One of Otto’s first moves after Viserys’ death is to make the lords and ladies of the Red Keep bend the knee to Aegon. The two holdouts are swiftly carted away by the guards, while the third, Rhaenyra’s faithful Lord Caswell (Paul Hickey), reluctantly kneels.2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticing House Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, in AV Club

Questions about carting away

What is carting away the present participle and gerund of?
Carting away is the present participle and gerund of cart away.

Words near carting away in the dictionary

  1. cartilege
  2. cartileges
  3. cartiliginous
  4. cartilogenesis
  5. carting
  6. carting away
  7. carting off
  8. cartings
  9. cartinine
  10. cartist
  11. cartists

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