carted away
Taken by force
Carted away means removed or taken somewhere, usually by force or without ceremony.
The image is of loading something into a cart for transport.
Police cart away protesters; movers cart away furniture; garbage collectors cart away trash.
They carted away three truckloads of debris after the storm.
The phrase often implies the person or thing had no say in the matter.
- hauledTransported with effort
- hauled offRemoved by force
- confiscatedSeized by authority
- dumpedAbruptly ended romantically
- transportedMoved between locations
shipped out · truck · dragged · removed · wheelbarrow · uprooted · exiled · carried · impounded · banished · evacuated · schlepped · cleared · cleared out · dolly · relocated · moved out · conveyor belt
removal vs. placement
carted awaybrought in
Caused to enter
delivered · dropped off · deposited · installed · moved in