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- verb idiomatic To
continue orproceed as before. - verb To take
baggage orluggage onto anairplane , rather thancheck it. - verb idiomatic To
have ormaintain . - verb idiomatic To
act orbehave ; especially tomisbehave so as to attractattention . - verb idiomatic To have an
illicit sexual liaison .
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- verb misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way
- verb direct the course of; manage or control
- verb keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- verb continue talking
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janusword commented on the word carry on
contronymic: continue / act improperly
June 18, 2008