What is "carry on"

vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To continue or proceed as before. 2 To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it. 3 (context idiomatic English) To have or maintain. 4 (context idiomatic English) To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention. 5 (context idiomatic English) To have an illicit sexual relationship.

1. v. direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: conduct, deal]

2. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" [syn: continue, uphold, bear on, preserve] [ant: discontinue]

3. continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" [syn: continue, go on, proceed]

4. misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way; "The children acted up when they were not bored" [syn: act up]

The Carry On franchise primarily consists of a sequence of 31 low-budget British comedy motion pictures (1958–92), four Christmas specials, a television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays. The films' humour was in the British comic tradition of the music hall and bawdy seaside postcards. Producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas drew on a regular group of actors, the Carry On team, that included Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas and Jim Dale.

The Carry On series contains the largest number of films of any British series; and, next to the James Bond films, it is the second-longest continually running UK film series although with a fourteen-year break (1978–92). Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd produced twelve films (1958–66), and the Rank Organisation made the remaining nineteen (1967–92).

Producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas made all 31 films, usually on time and to a strict budget, and often employed the same crew. Between 1958 and 1992, the series employed seven writers, most often Norman Hudis (1958–62) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–74). In between the films, Rogers and Thomas produced four Christmas specials in 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973, a thirteen episode television series in 1975 and various West End stage shows which later toured the regions.

All the films were made at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Budgetary constraints meant that a large proportion of the location filming was undertaken close to the studios in and around south Buckinghamshire, including areas of Berkshire and Middlesex. However, by the late-1960s (at the height of the franchise's success) more ambitious plots occasionally necessitated locations further afield, which included Snowdonia National Park, Wales (with the foot of Mount Snowdon acting as the Khyber Pass in Carry On Up the Khyber), and the beaches of the Sussex coast doubling as Saharan sand dunes in Follow That Camel.

Carry On may refer to:

• Carry On (franchise), a British comedy media franchise
• Carry-on luggage or hand luggage, luggage that is carried into the passenger compartment
• Carry On (film), a 1927 British silent film
• Carry On (novel), a 2015 fantasy novel by Rainbow Rowell

Carry On is the second compilation from American rock band Kansas, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). It was later repackaged and re-released in 2005 as On the Other Side (see below), although the track selection and order did not change.

Carry On is the second solo studio album by American musician Chris Cornell. It was released on May 28, 2007, in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007, in the United States. This album is Cornell's second after Euphoria Morning in 1999, and his first since leaving his former band Audioslave. As of September 4, 2007, the album has sold 121,000 copies in the US and 300,000 copies worldwide.

Carry On is a song by Australian band Motor Ace and is the first single on the band's second album Shoot This which was released in 2002. Carry On is seen as one of Motor Ace's most famous and popular songs, and the only song of theirs to reach #1 spot on the ARIA Charts. The song proved popular amongst a wide range of radio station in Australia, and was played most on Triple J and Triple M.

"Carry On" is a song by Avenged Sevenfold. The song was released on September 24, 2012. The song was released on iTunes.

Carry On is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Dinah Shurey and starring Moore Marriott, Trilby Clark and Alf Goddard.

"Carry On" is a song recorded by American singer/songwriter Martha Wash. The single was the first release from her self-titled debut album Martha Wash, which was part of her settlement deal with RCA Records after she sued the label over being uncredited for her work on previous songs by Black Box. The track was her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, reaching the top spot on December 5, 1992.

Carry On is the twelfth album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, issued on Atlantic Records in 1991, generally for the European and Australian markets (and not to be confused with the Stephen Stills box set released in 2013). It is a two-disc sampler of their four-disc box set, CSN, released two months previously in the United States and the United Kingdom. It features material spanning 1968 through 1990 from their catalogue of recordings as a group in addition to selections from Crosby & Nash, Manassas, and their individual solo albums. It was reissued on 30 June 1998 on the WEA International record label.

"Carry On" is a song written by recording artists Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder. The song was first released on Moroder's 1992 album Forever Dancing. The following year, the song closed Summer's two-disc set The Donna Summer Anthology. During the 1970s Moroder had co-written and co-produced a large number of Summer's disco hits, and this song marked the first time the two had worked together in more than a decade.

The recording features background vocals by Summer's children, Brooklyn and Amanda Grace Sudano, along with co-writers Waters and Moroder, and Larry Lee. "Carry On" was released as a single in Germany in 1992 and some years later was remixed and became an international hit, reaching #25 on the U.S. Dance charts in 1997 and #65 on the UK Pop charts in 1998. That same year it won the first Grammy award for Best Dance Recording.

The Carry On EP is the debut extended play released by People on Vacation, a supergroup composed of Ryan Hamilton from indie rock band Smile Smile and Jaret Reddick from pop punk band Bowling for Soup. The EP was released on November 24, 2011, in the United States both on CD and as a digital download. The EP was released in the United Kingdom for download on February 13, 2012, and was released on CD as a split with Bowling for Soup bassist Erik Chandler's solo project on March 26, 2012. The group released their full-length album, The Summer and the Fall, on November 22, 2012, featuring the same recordings of "Rainy Day," "It's Not Love," and "Where Do We Go" from The Carry on EP.

"Carry On" is a song by American indie band fun. It was released on 23 October 2012 as the third single off their second album, Some Nights. The song was written by the band members, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, alongside the album's producer, Jeff Bhasker. It is also featured in the HGTV 2013 #LoveHome commercial and in the pilot episode of FX series Legit. The song is also featured in the 2013 documentary Bridegroom. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for the 2015 live stage tour Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Musical.

Carry On is a 4-CD career retrospective box set by Stephen Stills (not to be confused with the CSN compilation released in 1991). It features highlights from his career as a solo artist and with groups including The Au Go Go Singers, Buffalo Springfield, Manassas, and various permutations of CSN&Y. The tracks are arranged in general chronological order of release. The album also includes previously-unreleased material.

The album was compiled by Graham Nash, who also compiled box sets for himself and for David Crosby.

"Carry On" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 2014 album, Seven. It was written by Stansfield and her husband Ian Devaney, and produced by Devaney and Snowboy. "Carry On" was announced as the second single on 10 January 2014 and premiered on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 show on 13 January 2014. The music video premiered on 31 January 2014. The digital single was released in Germany on 14 February 2014 and the 7" single in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2014. In October 2014, Andy Lewis Remix of "Carry On" was included on the re-release of Seven, titled Seven+. Stansfield performed the song during her Seven Tour.

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is the third young adult novel written by Rainbow Rowell, published in 2015. The story follows the final year of magical schooling for Simon Snow, the "Chosen One" of the magical world prophesied to defeat the Insidious Humdrum, an evil force that has been wreaking havoc on the World of Mages for several years. The novel is told through several narrative voices, including Simon, his roommate and love interest Baz, his friend Penelope, and his girlfriend Agatha.

"Carry On" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pat Green. It was released in September 2001 as the first single from the album Three Days. The song reached #35 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Green and Walt Wilkins.