baggage
Bags and cases you take with you when you travel, especially by plane, bus, or train.
Bags, suitcases, and similar containers that a person takes with them when they travel.
Bad feelings from past experiences that still hurt you and change how you act now.
Past emotional problems, experiences, or traumas that continue to affect a person's feelings and behavior.
Bad things from a person’s or group’s past that make other people feel unsure or unhappy about them now.
Negative history, associations, or responsibilities connected with a person, organization, or thing that make it less attractive or more difficult to accept.
A rude, old word for a woman, used as an insult.
An offensive, old-fashioned word for a woman, usually used to criticize or insult her.
Equipment, supplies, and personal things that an army carries with it when it moves.
The portable equipment, supplies, and personal belongings of an army or military unit that are carried with it during movement.
- Base: baggage
- Plural: baggage
baggage claim
1place to pick up checked bags
The place in an airport where you get your checked bags after a flight.
- I'll meet you at baggage claim after we land.
- We waited at baggage claim for half an hour.
- Your suitcase is probably still on the belt at baggage claim.
carry a lot of baggage
1be heavily affected by past problems
To have many emotional or personal problems from the past that still affect you strongly.
- She carries a lot of baggage from her family life.
- He knows he carries emotional baggage and is trying to change.
- They both carry a lot of baggage into this relationship.
check your baggage at the door
1set aside issues when entering a situation
To put your personal problems, anger, or prejudices aside when you enter a place or start an activity, so they do not cause trouble there.
- We ask everyone to check their baggage at the door and focus on the task.
- Good leaders check their baggage at the door before important meetings.
- At group therapy, participants are encouraged to check their baggage at the door and be open.
checked baggage
1bags you give to the airline
Bags that you give to the airline before a flight so they travel in the plane’s hold, not with you in the cabin.
- Her checked baggage did not arrive with the flight.
- You must pay a fee for checked baggage on some airlines.
- The weight limit for checked baggage is 23 kilos.
come with baggage
1have past problems attached
To have emotional or other problems from the past that make a person or situation more difficult.
- He’s a great guy, but he comes with a lot of baggage.
- Any candidate for this job will come with some baggage.
- The project comes with baggage from earlier failures.
excess baggage
1baggage over the allowed limit
Baggage that is heavier or more than the amount you are allowed to take without paying extra.
- The airline charged me for excess baggage.
- If you have excess baggage, you may need to pay a fee.
- We repacked our suitcases to avoid excess baggage.
hand baggage
1small bags you carry onto a plane
Small bags you take with you into the airplane, not the bags you check in.
- Each passenger is allowed one piece of hand baggage.
- Please place your hand baggage in the overhead locker.
- Her hand baggage was too big for the cabin.
leave your baggage at the door
1not bring past problems into a situation
To decide not to let your past problems or feelings affect a new place, meeting, or relationship.
- In this workshop, please leave your baggage at the door.
- When you come to work, try to leave your baggage at the door.
- She told him to leave his baggage at the door and start fresh.
emotional baggage
1past negative feelings affecting now
Unresolved bad feelings from past experiences that still affect you today.
- He entered the relationship with a lot of emotional baggage from his divorce.
- It's important to deal with your emotional baggage before starting something new.
emotional baggage
2past emotional problems affecting you now
Bad feelings and problems from your past that still hurt you and change how you act today.
- She has a lot of emotional baggage from her childhood.
- Before starting a new relationship, he wanted to deal with his emotional baggage.
- Therapy can help you work through emotional baggage.