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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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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.
The rain eventually stopped and the die hard golfers emerged from the watering holes to carry on with their round.
Pupils of Wanborough Primary School packed their village church yesterday to carry on an age-old tradition.
But they have vowed to carry on walking the streets near the town centre because they believe they have no alternative.
We can't carry on as we are, throwing away huge quantities of recyclable waste every year.
We have not had a reply, but if they do not respond, we will carry on with our adjudication.

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