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carry through en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.
    • He was clearly dealing with extremely small quantities, and considering the clumsy structure of telescopes then in use, it is surprising he managed to carry through the procedure at all. Nevertheless, he obtained a remarkably good value […] 2006, Michael Bodin, Primer of Relativity: A Student's Introduction, page 66:
    • But, you know, Max, I am pledged to carry through the Vandeeming affair here in town. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To succeed; to make it.
    • It is an old tradition carried through into the information age.
    • We carried through, and the mock eviction was a great success on several counts. 1980, Elizabeth Amer, Constance Mungall, Yes We Can!: How to Organize Citizen Action (page 32)
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To bring through difficulties etc.
    • An agreeable sense of victory and the afterglow of the flash carried Emily through the afternoon in spite of the fact that Miss Brownell ridiculed her for her mistakes in spelling. 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
carried through Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
carried through Tense=Past lexicographic
carrying through Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
carries through Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

carry off · carry out

Translations (12)

bg завършвам (perform successfully to the end) · de zu Ende bringen (perform successfully to the end) · de zu Ende führen (perform successfully to the end) · la perpetrō (perform successfully to the end) · de durchziehen (perform successfully to the end) · es llevar a cabo (perform successfully to the end) · bg завършва (perform successfully to the end) · es llevar a término (perform successfully to the end) · de durchführen (perform successfully to the end) · es sustentar (perform successfully to the end) · la peragō (perform successfully to the end) · es sostener (perform successfully to the end)