car|ry|ing-on

car|ry|ing-on
car|ry|ing-on «KAR ee ihng ON, -N», noun, plural car|ry|ings-on.
Informal. conspicuous, frolicsome, or indecorous behavior: »

paid no attention to his wife's carryings-on with another man (Time).


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