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What does carry on mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word carry on? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To continue or proceed as before.
  2. To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.
  3. (idiomatic) To have or maintain.
  4. (idiomatic) To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention.
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To this I wish Cllr Clarke well and hope she will help to carry on the Town Council's good name and work.
Stephanie says that unless she did something about her weight, she would just carry on piling on the pounds.
Of course, if we carry on putting on weight as we have been doing, we will all be waddling around in extremely baggy clothes before long.
We have not had a reply, but if they do not respond, we will carry on with our adjudication.
If I wanted to carry on any kind of career, I had to readdress my life in some ways.
Pupils of Wanborough Primary School packed their village church yesterday to carry on an age-old tradition.

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