"carried away" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-carried away.ogg [Australia] Forms: more carried away [comparative], most carried away [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} carried away (comparative more carried away, superlative most carried away)
  1. (idiomatic) Made excessively emotional or excited, so that one goes too far. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: gone overboard Related terms: carry away, get ahead of oneself Translations (excessively emotional): viedä liian pitkälle (Finnish), mennä liian pitkälle (Finnish), emballé (French), elragadtatja magát (Hungarian), elszalad vele a ló (Hungarian), dać się ponieść [perfective] (Polish), dawać się ponieść (Polish), empolgado (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-carried_away-en-adj-VOVeN0Ds

Verb

Audio: en-au-carried away.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} carried away
  1. past participle of carry away Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: carry away
    Sense id: en-carried_away-en-verb-IN4Me9Fn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

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      "sense": "excessively emotional",
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