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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

carry all before one en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.
    • “I will do for this country what I did for London where we were able to lift the poor and the needy in our society while also sticking up for the wealth creators. If we can restore this basic philosophy we will carry all before us,” he said. 2019 June 10, Heather Stewart, “Gove reboots Tory leadership bid with attack on Johnson”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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carries all before one Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
carrying all before one Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
carried all before one Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
carried all before one Tense=Past lexicographic