carry one
1carry one's point — To overrule, or overcome by argument, objections to one s plan or view • • • Main Entry: ↑carry carry one s point To gain what one contends for • • • Main Entry: ↑point …
2carry\ one's\ cross — • carry one s cross • bear one s cross literary v. phr. To live with pain or trouble; keep on even though you suffer or have trouble. Weak ankles are a cross Joe carries while the other boys play basketball. We didn t know the cheerful woman was… …
3carry one's bat Cricket — (especially of an opening batsman) be not out at the end of one s side s completed innings. → carrots …
4carry one's bat — phrasal of a cricket batsman : to be not out at the close of play or of one s side s innings * * * carry one s bat (cricket) Of an opening batsman, to remain not out at the end of a completed innings • • • Main Entry: ↑bat carry one s bat see… …
5carry one's cross — or {literary}[bear one s cross] {v. phr.} To live with pain or trouble; keep on even though you suffer or have trouble. * /Weak ankles are a cross Joe carries while the other boys play basketball./ * /We didn t know the cheerful woman was bearing …
6carry one's cross — or {literary}[bear one s cross] {v. phr.} To live with pain or trouble; keep on even though you suffer or have trouble. * /Weak ankles are a cross Joe carries while the other boys play basketball./ * /We didn t know the cheerful woman was bearing …
7carry one's own weight — verb A variant of carry ones weight …
8carry one's weight — verb To contribute or produce ones fair share, as of work, money, etc. I think our jobs here are secure as long as we each carry our weight …
9carry one's self — Conduct, behave, demean, deport, quit, or acquit one s self …
10To carry one's point — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …
