phrasal verb · neutral

carry in

/ˌkæri ˈɪn/CAR·ry IN

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to bring something into a place

Examples

Can you carry in the shopping for me?

Volunteers carried in the equipment from the van.

In my presentation I carried in recent statistics to support my point.

Band 8 sentence

I had to carry in the boxes myself because the delivery men were delayed, which ate into my prep time.

Collocations

  • carry in the shopping / equipment / boxes
  • carry in to the room / building

Word family

carry in phrasal verb

Common mistakes

use 'bring' and 'carry' interchangeablyuse 'carry' when emphasizing physical effort or transporting items by hand

Say it for a higher band

5bring in6bring7+carry in

Synonyms

bring in

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