Carried and Swept

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Swept and carried are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swept" instead a verb "Carried".

Nearby Words: carry, carriage, carrier, carrying, carri

Swept adjective - Possessing sweep.

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Carried and swept are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Carried" instead a verb "Swept".

Arthur Spiderwick makes a similar departure in The Spiderwick Chronicles, although it's dandelion-seed fluff that he's swept away as, and he's being carried off to a fairy realm rather than dying.

Source: Disappears into Light
Then there then are the bones, which settle in ash, and these are swept up to be carried to the river.

Source: Film / The Grey Zone
When she says, "He knocked down my door, swept me off my feet and carried me off," she is not speaking figuratively.

Source: Firemen Are Hot

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