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carry forward

vb. (label en idiomatic accounting) (rfdef: English)

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carry forward

v. transfer from one time period to the next [syn: carry over]

Usage examples of "carry forward".

Clumsily they carry forward the torch of the sun, until such time as the nation sees fit to take it up.

A central thread in what follows will be those developments that carry forward the revolution in our understanding of space and time initiated by Einstein's special and general theories of relativity.

None of those still on the butte was equipped to carry forward the work, even to attempt to begin to form the organization of an elite corps that over the years could wrest the secrets from the data banks.

Like germs they respect none and carry forward from individual to individual, from parents to child, respecting none until they are stopped by Dianetics.

I told Estelle we all knew by this time, but I appreciated her efforts to carry forward the torch of justice.