carry through

verb

Definition of carry throughnext
1
as in to survive

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2
as in to carry out

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Recent Examples of carry through Things that began back in November 2025 and will carry through the release of the film in October 2026. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 10 June 2026 Both Iran and the United States have incentives to carry through a final agreement, National Public Radio said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026 In Wonderland theme that started in the opening episode of Season 5, when Maggie, Helen and Dana Sue visited the eponymous statue in Central Park, and carried through the entire season. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 June 2026 That has left the Canadian government to offer up another $600 million in annual tax payer support for Canadian film and TV production rather than carry through on plans to get American media players to foot the bill, at least for now. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry through
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry through
  1. survive
  2. carry out
  3. stick around
  4. fulfill
  5. prevail
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  • But can this love story survive the Jackson ranch's shady dealings?
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • These are hero buys that will survive the elements, no matter whether plans include scaling mountains or sunning in parks.
    — Ellie Davis, Vogue, 2 July 2026
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  • During his stay from July 7 to 11, the prince will carry out a series of charity engagements, and kick off the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026
  • Iran may also be wary of attacks by the exiled Mujahadin-e Khalq (MeK), which Iran accuses of carrying out attacks inside Iran over several decades.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of carry out
Verb
  • Haaland might not stick around quite long enough to outgun him.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 July 2026
  • Rather than pack up their base camp at Sporting Kansas City’s Compass Minerals National Performance Center, Argentina will stick around for a while longer and play another match in KC.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of stick around
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  • The last few weeks have shown his governing style and a remarkable run of papal decision-making where Leo has set the agenda, rather than merely fulfill the appointments set by his predecessor.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • But work, starting a family and following Leicester up and down the country prevented him from fulfilling that World Cup dream.
    — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of fulfill
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  • But that’s not the same as asserting that the physical differences between males and females invariably mean that men will invariably prevail over women in all competitions or that their participation will endanger women.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Cooler heads prevail An airliner comes in to land at Heathrow Airport, London.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 July 2026
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“Carry through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20through. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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