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  What it means

  Literally “to let oneself be carried away.” Means to get carried away — to lose yourself in an emotion, enthusiasm, or impulse and go further than you intended.

  Vocabulary

  • dać się — to let oneself / to allow oneself
  • ponieść — to carry away (perfective)

  Grammar note

  'Dać się' + infinitive is a common construction meaning to allow something to happen to oneself. 'Ponieść' here is used in the passive-like sense of being swept along.

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