carried away
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to get carried away by the enticing places that rank atop the lists.
From MarketWatch
"If you look back at the last five games we've played, they are still three-two up against us, so we won't get carried away with the result, but the beer tastes a little better."
From Barron's
“There is something about the grandness of those sets and costumes; you get carried away with the theater of it, and it stops being real to you,” she said.
From New York Times
“A result like this, you don’t want to get carried away,” interim coach Anthony Hudson said.
From Washington Post
"This is the time to hit form. Eddie Howe wont be getting carried away but he will be a lot more confident. Isak looks like he has rhythm and he is on a roll."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
