carry around

carry around

1. To physically carry someone or something to many places; to tote someone or something around. A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "around." After carrying a toddler around all day, my arms are pretty sore.
2. To keep something in one's possession (on one's person). A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "around." I always carry a pen and paper around with me, in case I get an idea for a song when I'm away from home.
3. To retain a memory or feeling of closeness with one who has died. A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "around." Because I had such a loving relationship with my grandmother, I feel like I've been carrying her around with me ever since she died.
4. To continue to retain some feeling, idea, or emotion. A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "around." I hadn't spoken to my father in years, and now that he's dead, I've been carrying a lot of guilt around. She's been carrying her idea for a new business around for years, but she's never taken the steps to make it a reality.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

carry someone around

 (with oneself)
1. Lit. to be the source of transport for someone, usually a child. I'm tired of carrying this baby around with me everywhere. Can't I buy a baby carriage? I always carry around my child with me.
2. Fig. to have in mind the memory or a sense of presence of another person with oneself. I have been carrying my dead grandfather around with me for years. She carries around her brother with her in her memories.
See also: around, carry

carry something around (with one)

to have something on one's person at all times. He carries a backpack around with him. Max carries around his checkbook with him.
See also: around, carry
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • carry (someone or something) about
  • carry about
  • cluster
  • cluster around
  • cluster around (someone or something)
  • entwine
  • entwine around
  • entwine around (someone or something)
  • build around
  • build around (someone or something)
References in classic literature
"A truth pond wouldn't be a bad thing to carry around with us." But he put on his coat and started with the others in search of some one to direct them on their way.
The Road to Oz
No howling chorus of mutts such as Kingman used to carry around with him, but a real singer, a soloist.
Michael Brother of Jerry
Up to 20 LR2s - which can carry around 80,000 mt of product - were said to be operating in the dirty product market.
Clean LR2S switch to sturdy dirty aframax market
Teenagers discovered an identity with rock and roll and it was far easier to carry around a record collection in a carry-case of a dozen 45s with a Dansette in the other hand.
The golden era of those vinyl records
Recently Isis Shiffer, a cyclist and student of Pratt Institute New York, came up with a cool aEcohelmet' that meets safety needs of bikers and can be folded up to carry around easily.
Paper Helmets Anyone?
Of course, the answer to this problem would be to carry around a power bank, but that isn't very true to the spirit of Pokemon.
Check out this Pokeball-shaped power bank
We all carry around a hero inside of ourselves everyday and it's that guy, the Batman," he said.
Batman creator given posthumous Walk of Fame star
I'm always looking for a way to simplify housecleaning, and having just one cleaner to buy, store and carry around has been my holy grail.
One cleaner to rule them all
Around 23,000 electronic signing pads will also become a new fixture at Jobcentres around Britain - signalling an end to the paper booklets that jobseekers carry around and sign every time they visit.
Full Monty-style dole queues end; INSIDE BIZ
The publisher has seen that the unabridged Blue Book has become something of a doorstop, and is printing single-maker guides for major manufacturers like Colt or Winchester, and those will prove a lot easier to carry around a show floor.
35th Anniversary blue book of gun values. by S.P. fjestad. paperbound, 2,512 p. blue book publications, inc., 8009 34th AVE. s., suite 250, dept. SGN, minneapolis, MN 55245. $54.95
(Re Gwynedd Council to stop providing free school buses for pupils in Arfon living within three miles of school) Katie Williams Disgraceful school is out of the way for kids to walk these days an its not fair with all the stuff there expected to carry around all day everyday..
SCHOOL TRANSPORT; OF THE DAY tweets
It's perfect for real estate professionals who don't want to carry around a bulky keychain.
Consolidate your keys
The boys are getting older, they're getting very heavy to carry around."
Still on the waiting list for wheelchairs
Jawbone on Wednesday set out to keep in tune with mobile lifestyles with a stylish, powerful wireless speaker as easy to carry around as a smartphone packed with digital music.
Mini Jambox speakers play to smartphone lifestyles
The C-17, with a capability to carry around 80 tonnes of load and around 150 fully geared troops, will replace the Russian IL-76 as the biggest aircraft in the IAF inventory till now.
IAF to induct biggest 70-tonne heavy-lift transport aircraft C-17 into service