carry (someone) off their feet

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To completely overwhelm someone with enthusiasm, ardor, or passion. The strength of the senator's oration carried the entire crowd off their feet.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nestori	NES-to-ree	Finnish
LucÍLia	-	Portuguese
Jed	JED	English
Tengiz	-	Georgian
Berta	BER-tah (Polish, German, Italian)	Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene
Alphonsus	-	History