carry over

Attested since the 17th century; listed for instance in Elisha Coles' 1676 dictionary as a translation of transfer, thereby possibly a calque of Latin transfero; compare Dutch overdragen, German übertragen.

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carry over (third-person singular simple present carries over, present participle carrying over, simple past and past participle carried over)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry,‎ over.

   We carried her over the bridge.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer (something) to a later point in time.

   The rent was carried over to December.

3. (transitive, arithmetic) To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
4. (intransitive, cooking) To continue cooking after being removed from a heat source.

   The chicken will carry over before it is served.

5. (figurative) To transfer.
   • 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.

6. To induce to join an opposing party or faction.

• carryover (noun)

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