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carry out

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carry someone or something out
to lift up and move someone or something out. Help me carry the baby and her things out. Let's carry out the dishes and set the table.
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carry something out

to perform a task; to perform an assignment. "This is a very important job," said Jane. "Do you think you can carry it out?" The students didn't carry out their assignments.
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carry out something also carry something out
to do a job or complete an activity Astronauts planned a spacewalk to carry out major repairs on the space station. The agency doesn't have the funds or the know-how to carry out its duties.
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The miller himself, unaware of the lapse of time, fancied himself still in that first stage of his misfortunes when expedients might be thought of; and often in his conscious hours talked in a feeble, disjointed manner of plans he would carry out when he "got well.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Mind you gallop off to Korchevo without delay and carry out instructions!
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She had not complied with his request, and he was bound to punish her and carry out his threat--obtain a divorce and take away his son.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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