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' interchangeably→use 'carry' when emphasizing physical effort or transporting items by hand
Say it for a higher band
5bring in→6bring→7+carry in
Synonyms
bring in
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