Phrase guide

carry through

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To succeed; to make it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To bring through difficulties etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

put in effect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • carry out a task
  • execute the decision of the people
  • He actioned the operation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: complete, finish, effect, effectuate, set up

Narrower terms: get over, run, consummate, do, perform, dispatch, discharge, complete

5

verb

Meaning 5

bring into safety

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: save, pull through, bring through

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: rescue, deliver

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: завършвам (zavǎršvam) — perform successfully to the end
  • Bulgarian: завършва (zavǎršva) — perform successfully to the end
  • German: zu Ende bringen — perform successfully to the end
  • German: zu Ende führen — perform successfully to the end
  • German: durchziehen — perform successfully to the end
  • German: durchführen — perform successfully to the end
  • Latin: perpetrō — perform successfully to the end
  • Latin: peragō — perform successfully to the end
  • Spanish: llevar a término — perform successfully to the end
  • Spanish: llevar a cabo — perform successfully to the end
  • Spanish: sustentar — perform successfully to the end
  • Spanish: sostener — perform successfully to the end