carry through
Britishverb
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to bring to completion
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to enable to endure (hardship, trouble, etc); support
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Continue with or persevere to the end, as in She carried the project through despite being ill . Shakespeare used this idiom in king Lear (1:4): “My good intent may carry through itself.” [c. 1600]
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Survive or persist, as in His excellent technique carries through all his work .
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Also , carry one through . Enable to endure; sustain. For example, His faith helped carry him through this last ordeal . [Mid-1700s]
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It also helped it not feel awkward or gratuitous when he and the producers opted not to recast the Parton half of the song and instead let her voice carry through the speakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"We're really proud of the environment and the culture that we've got at the club, and equality and diversity and respect for each other is something that we look to carry through every day."
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
If current losses carry through the close, Microsoft would see its market capitalization fall by $358 billion in just one day.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
Executives at the Canadian flagship airline said Wednesday on an earnings call that the return in demand is expected to carry through the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
It was a plot our father helped devise but did not carry through, since by then we had fled to the States.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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