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carry over — continue into another time

phrasal verbB2IELTS 5.5+neutraloccasional

to move something that is not finished or used into a later period or time.

Say it like a native

Textbook The discussion will be continued in our next scheduled session.

Native We'll carry the discussion over to next time.

'Carry over' is the natural verb for moving something unfinished to a later time; the paraphrase is formal.

Pattern: carry over (something) | carry (something) over (to/into something)

In use

  • We didn’t finish the project today, so we’ll have to carry it over to next week.work
  • If I don’t spend all my holiday days this year, my company lets me carry them over to the next year.IELTS speaking

Common mistake

✗ The holiday days carry over for the next year.

✓ The holiday days carry over to next year.

'Carry over TO' a later period, not 'for'.

Common collocations

  • carry over + to a later time — to next year, to the next session, unused days, into

Don't confuse it

'Carry on' means to continue doing something, while 'carry over' means to move something to a later time.

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