# carry out

Pronunciation: US/UK say "ka-ree-OWT" /ˌkæɹi ˈaʊt/; AUS

## Phrasal verb

1. To perform or execute something such as a task, a plan, or a piece of work, putting it into operation.
   - Simple: To do a job or task, or to make a plan actually happen.
   - _The research team will carry out a series of experiments on the new vaccine._
   - _Most of the renovation was carried out by volunteers over two summers._
2. To fulfill something, such as an order, a wish, or an ambition, by doing what it calls for.
   - Simple: To do what someone ordered, wished, or hoped for.
   - _The new mayor moved quickly to carry out her campaign promises._
   - _The executor carried out the terms of the will to the letter._
3. To take something out of a place by holding it while moving.
   - Simple: To hold something and take it outside or out of a place.
   - _The unconscious man was carried out of the smoke-filled bar by firefighters._
   - _The movers will carry out the furniture on Friday morning._

## Noun · carry-out

Pronunciation: say "KA-ree-owt" /ˈkæɹi aʊt/

4. Alternative spelling of carryout. *(dialectal, Scotland)* — Alternative spelling of carryout.
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of carryout. It means food you buy to eat somewhere else, or a place that sells it.
   - _On Friday nights the family shared fried chicken from the carry-out on Main Street._
   - _He brought a carry-out home after his late shift and ate it in front of the TV._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A command that passes a carry, the bit or digit carried over in addition, out of the column currently being added.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3** — From Middle English caryen out, equivalent to carry + out (adverb).
**Meaning 4** — Formed from the phrasal verb carry out.

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