carry all before you
carry all before (one)
To best all of one's opponents. He's so popular that I'm not surprised he carried all before him and won the election.
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carry all before you
BRITISH, JOURNALISMIf you carry all before you, you are very successful in a task or activity, and defeat all your rivals. He could no longer compete with the young Irishman who was carrying all before him. For much of the time it looked like an action replay of last summer when England carried all before them.
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carry all before you
overcome all opposition.See also: all, before, carry
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carry all beˈfore you
be completely successful in a battle, competition, etc: In three tournaments since June, this young tennis player has carried all before him, winning easy victories each time.See also: all, before, carry
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- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep
- an all-out effort
- (one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite
- at (one's) expense
- at expense
- at somebody's expense
- at someone's expense
- be in somebody's good graces
- be in someone's good graces