be/get carried away
idiom
: to be so excited that one is no longer in control of one's behavior
I shouldn't have behaved like that. I just got carried away.
They allowed themselves to be carried away by fear.
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So this season, let yourself be carried away by nostalgia.
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Paulina Berges, Glamour, 19 July 2025
While earth sign parents are considered grounded—sometimes to a fault—air signs tend to get carried away easily.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 15 July 2025
Of course, there are other sources of market return other than multiple expansion of no-earnings companies, but this dynamic is still emblematic of a market that is starting to get carried away with itself.
—New York Times, 11 July 2025
All that is about to change… Wait, let’s not get carried away: Some of that will change, eventually.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 May 2025
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Paulina Berges, Glamour, 19 July 2025
While earth sign parents are considered grounded—sometimes to a fault—air signs tend to get carried away easily.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 15 July 2025
Of course, there are other sources of market return other than multiple expansion of no-earnings companies, but this dynamic is still emblematic of a market that is starting to get carried away with itself.
—New York Times, 11 July 2025
All that is about to change… Wait, let’s not get carried away: Some of that will change, eventually.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for be/get carried away
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“Be/get carried away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%2Fget%20carried%20away. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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