CARRY OVER

v. 1. To save for another time. The store had some bathing suits it had carried over from last year. What you learn in school should carry over into adult life. 2. To transfer (as a figure) from one column, page, or book to another. When he added up the figures, he carried over the total into the next year's account book. 3. To continue in another place. The story was carried over to the next page.