CARRY THROUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carry through mean? 

• CARRY THROUGH (verb)
  The verb CARRY THROUGH has 2 senses:

1. put in effect

2. bring into safety

  Familiarity information: CARRY THROUGH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRY THROUGH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put in effect

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill

Context example:

He actioned the operation

Hypernyms (to "carry through" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

Verb group:

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry through"):

get over (to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end)

run (carry out)

consummate (make perfect; bring to perfection)

consummate (fulfill sexually)

do; perform (get (something) done)

complete; discharge; dispatch (complete or carry out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into safety

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bring through; carry through; pull through; save

Context example:

We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry through"):

deliver; rescue (free from harm or evil)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim, fog-draped streets.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)