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Definition carry out in American English

carry out phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to do something that you have said you will do or that you have been told to do

Example

Maybe she ought to have carried out her threat to go to the police.

Example

He waited until they had carried out his orders to the fullest.

Synonyms and related words
do perform act
1.1

to do something important

Example

The construction work was carried out by a local contractor.

Example

An investigation is being carried out by the prison warden.

Example

Some practicalexperiments carried out by Mayo in the early 1930s produced interesting results.

Synonyms and related words
do perform act
Definition carry out in American English