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Carry the fellow in drunk (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lift up

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'carry' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'fellow in drunk' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'F' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'drunk' becomes 'litup' (I've seen this before).
'f' inserted within 'litup' is 'LIFT UP'.

'the' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for lift up that I've seen before include "Raise" , "Elevate" , "Encourage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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