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  1. carry-onnoun

    That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked.

    Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?

  2. carry-onnoun

    An activity that is done in an excessively excitable, or anxious manner.

  3. carry-onadjective

    Taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked.

    It's a compact suitcase, but it makes a good carry-on bag.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry-on in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry-on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of carry-on in a Sentence

  1. Michel Kafando:

    I can assure you that we are determined to carry on with the mission the Burkinabe people have entrusted us with, to build strong institutions and a real democracy.

  2. W. Somerset Maugham:

    From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.

  3. Kathryn Limbaugh:

    He knew there was a much higher plan and much higher purpose. He believes strongly in his relationship with God, rush always said that this audience meant everything to him, and we want that to carry on and make sure that we continue our American values, that we continue to have pride for our symbols.

  4. Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner:

    Otherwise there will consequently be only two possibilities : either we carry on as until now, or there will be strict controls at the borders, but then we must presume that images of force will emerge, that the use of force will be necessary.

  5. Prime Minister David Cameron:

    Now, more than ever, we must come together and stand united and carry on with the way of life that we know and that we love, this match is going ahead.

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