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" I understand the prosecutor's position but at the same time, I don't think it should have carried the day under the circumstances and indeed it didn't. "

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what does "carried" mean in this sentence, please? I couldn't find any meaning in the dictionary that fits this context.

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In this context it means to win the support, agreement or sympathy of a group of people.

The prosecutor was very persuasive but the writer believes that this should not persuade the court to support him, and in fact it did not.
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Default Re: ''carry''

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In this context it means to win the support, agreement or sympathy of a group of people.

The prosecutor was very persuasive but the writer believes that this should not persuade the court to support him, and in fact it did not.
. But this isn't a special meaning of "carry" (although I suppose it [u]is[/U...)] so much as a multi-word verb "carry the day" [="be successful" {usually in the context of some kind of prolonged effort or enterprise}].

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