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]
Example Sentences
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Whether or not the overnight moves would carry through to Thursday’s market open remained an open question, given the barrage of back-and-forth headlines that investors have been fielding recently.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 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
Already-pregnant surrogates must carry through with labor that they know they may not be paid for, while potentially being on the hook for medical bills they may not be able to afford.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
You see him able to carry through traffic.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 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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