Phrase: be / get carried away

 

"I got carried away."


Meaning

  • To get too emotional and then do something silly.

  • To get carried away is defined as to become overly excited or involved in something that you lose control of your feelings or behavior

  • An example of get carried away is when you are really excited about having a first birthday party for your child that you stress and obsess and spend thousands and thousands of dollars.


Example Sentences

  • I shouldn't have behaved like that. I just got carried away.
  • They allowed themselves to be carried away by fear.
  • It's easy to get carried away when shopping for a newborn.
  • Buying cat supplies can be so much fun you just might get carried away.
  • It is easy to get carried away when shopping and buying something that is over budget.
  • In the rush to buy a property, it's easy to get carried away with a rising market and lose sight of financial reality.
  • We should not be carried away by our success that we may forget the risk of failure.
  • The better things are, the more likely they are to go wrong. The happier people are, the more likely they are to be carried away.
  • She got so carried away listening to the Beatles that she missed the date with him.
  • She started getting carried away during her story, frantically describing every detail of what happened.
  • Sorry, I got a little carried away there—I just love talking about my favorite artists!
  • I was just planning to clean the bathroom, but I got carried away and did all the windows and the floors, too.
  • I got carried away and started shouting at the television while watching the football game.

  • When they saw milk was on sale, they got carried away and bought ten bottles.


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