Usually means: Continue despite difficulties or challenges.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word carry on:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. carry-on, carry on: Merriam-Webster
  2. carry-on, carry on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carry-on, carry-on, carry on: Collins English Dictionary
  4. carry on: Vocabulary.com
  5. Carry-On, carry-on: Wordnik
  6. carry-on, carry (sth) on, carry on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. carry-on, carry on: Wiktionary
  8. carry-on: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. carry-on: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. carry-on: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. carry-on, carry on: Dictionary.com
  12. Carry On (Avenged Sevenfold song), Carry On (CSN&Y Song), Carry On (CSN album), Carry On (Chris Cornell album), Carry On (Donna Summer song), Carry On (EP), Carry On (Fun song), Carry On (Kansas album), Carry On (Kygo and Rita Ora song), Carry On (Lisa Stansfield song), Carry On (Martha Wash song), Carry On (Motor Ace song), Carry On (Pat Green song), Carry On (Stephen Stills album), Carry On (Wyclef Jean song), Carry On (film), Carry On (film series), Carry On (franchise), Carry On (novel), Carry On, Carry on: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. carry on: Rhymezone
  14. carry on: FreeDictionary.org
  15. carry on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. carry-on, carry on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Carry-on: Wordnik
  18. carry-on: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  19. carry on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Carry On (album), carry on: Legal dictionary
  3. carry on: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. carry on: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. carry on: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. carry on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Carry-on: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. Carry - on, carry-on, carry on: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See carry_ons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (carry on)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue or proceed as before.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, maintain or pursue (an activity or enterprise).
verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To talk continuously (about something), often in an excessively excited way
verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To act or behave; especially, to misbehave so as to attract attention; to make a fuss; to behave ostentatiously.
verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.

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