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carries through

carries through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carry through.

Meaning of carry through

Verb

carry through (third-person singular simple present carries through, present participle carrying through, simple past and past participle carried through)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.
    • But, you know, Max, I am pledged to carry through the Vandeeming affair here in town.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To succeed; to make it.
    • It is an old tradition carried through into the information age.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To bring through difficulties etc.
    • An agreeable sense of victory and the afterglow of the flash carried Emily through the afternoon in spite of the fact that Miss Brownell ridiculed her for her mistakes in spelling.1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon

Questions about carries through

What is carries through the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Carries through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carry through.

Words near carries through in the dictionary

  1. carries the mail
  2. carries the mantle
  3. carries the message to Garcia
  4. carries the torch
  5. carries the world before one
  6. carries through
  7. carries up
  8. carries water for
  9. carries weight
  10. carriest
  11. carrieth

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