A carry check is the moment — in a game or in real life — when you pause to assess whether you're actually holding your team up or just convincing yourself you are. In gaming, it's the stats screen that exposes whether your carry performance is real or imagined. In everyday use, a carry check is any honest audit of whether you're the one doing the heavy lifting in a group project, relationship, or friend dynamic. It can come from outside ('bro, she's doing a carry check on you and the results aren't great') or as uncomfortable self-reflection after a loss you can't easily blame on others.
Before you blame the squad, do a carry check — the scoreboard might have different opinions.
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