carry out

Formscarries out, carrying out, carried out

1. 1
   do a taskphrasal verbtransitive

   To do a job or task, or to make a plan actually happen.

   The workers will carry out the repairs next week.

   The nurse carried out the tests quickly and carefully.

   Similarrun

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   fulfillphrasal verbidiomatictransitive

   To do what someone ordered, wished, or hoped for.

   The soldiers carried out their orders without asking questions.

   I want to carry out my grandmother's wishes for her garden.

   Similardischarge

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   hold and removephrasal verbtransitive

   To hold something and take it outside or out of a place.

   The injured player was carried out on a stretcher.

   We need to carry out all the chairs before the floor is cleaned.

   Similarremove

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   takeaway foodnoun · carry-outdialectalScotland

   Alternative spelling of carryout. It means food you buy to eat somewhere else, or a place that sells it.

   We were too tired to cook, so we picked up a carry-out on the way home.

   There's a carry-out at the end of our street that makes great curry.

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