cart away

cart away

To remove someone or something from a particular place or area, especially because it is a nuisance or is going to be discarded. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cart" and "away." The police carted the burglar away after they caught him fleeing the scene of the crime. I'm going to have someone from Records come and cart away all these old files.
See also: away, cart
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • identify with
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • ask back
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • interpret for
  • interpret for (someone)
  • attune to
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
References in periodicals archive
'The defendant entered the complainant's shop with the pretext of coming to play games but cart away the complainant's phone.'
Locals have been reporting wheelie bins going missing and being used to carry whatever the scavengers can fit in them as they cart away anything from wine and face creamto nappies.
According to the prosecutor, the tricycle the defendant parked in front of the school to cart away the items stolen was traced, and he was arrested.
They built the causeway across Llyn Llydaw to cart away the valuable mineral.
A statement issued in Abuja by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary and Director, Media and Publicity PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, noted that the world watched with utter horror as soldiers under the command of the President Muhammadu Buhari Presidency, hounded, arrested, shot, terrorized opposition figures and provided cover for APC thugs to unleash violence, kill opposition members, cart away electoral materials and disrupt polls in PDP strongholds, all in the bid to forcefully foist the APC on Nigerians.
However, the vote counting process was disrupted at some parts of Rivers as armed thugs reportedly invade some communities and cart away their ballot boxes.
After combing the area after first light by the military, NEMA said that several houses were burnt down by the insurgents who actually came in to cart away foodstuffs for the build up of their stocks which is needed to rebuild with the resurfacing of Shekau in a recent on line video.