"carry up" meaning in English

See carry up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: carries up [present, singular, third-person], carrying up [participle, present], carried up [participle, past], carried up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carry up (third-person singular simple present carries up, present participle carrying up, simple past and past participle carried up)
  1. (transitive) To convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-carry_up-en-verb-k8wLXHMQ
  2. (transitive) To trace back. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-carry_up-en-verb-G-qH1Fli Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 21 79

Inflected forms

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