carry out

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carry out

  • /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/

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From Middle English caryen out, equivalent to carry + out (adverb).

verb carries out · carrying out · carried out

  1. transitive To hold while moving it out. We’ll have to carry the piano out of the shop.
  2. idiomatic, transitive To fulfill. She finally carried out her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster.
  3. transitive To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do. For the entire last summer they were carrying out their plan to renovate the living room.

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