Antonyms for carries through
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kar-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i |
- abandon
- abstain
- avoid
- bear
- begin
- calculate
- cancel
- cease
- close
- commence
- continue
- create
- crush
- demote
- deny
- depart
- destroy
- detain
- die
- direct
- disallow
- discontinue
- discourage
- disorganize
- disregard
- dissuade
- dodge
- end
- exonerate
- fail
- finish
- forfeit
- forget
- free
- give up
- go
- halt
- hinder
- hold
- idle
- ignore
- imprison
- initiate
- introduce
- keep
- leave
- liberate
- lose
- maintain
- measure
- mismanage
- miss
- move
- neglect
- not finish
- open
- overlook
- pardon
- pass
- prevent
- question
- quit
- raze
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- renounce
- repeal
- retain
- ruin
- save
- schedule
- set up
- spend
- start
- stop
- store
- surrender
- unseal
- unsettle
- veto
- wonder
- yield
Definition of carries through
Origin :- c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.
- As in make : verb enact, execute
- As in perform : verb carry out, accomplish
- As in prosecute : verb follow through, persevere
- As in realize : verb accomplish
- As in survive : verb continue to live
- As in carry the ball : verb assume the leading role
- As in achieve : verb bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
- As in carry out : verb complete activity
- As in effectuate : verb effect
- As in effect : verb carry out, accomplish
- As in enact : verb authorize, legislate
- As in endure : verb continue; be durable
- As in finish : verb bring to a conclusion; get done
- She is violent, bitter, vindictive; she carries through her little exploit with much self-possession and without a sob.
- Extract from : « The English Stage » by Augustin Filon
- It is the little grub that carries through the still waters a bundle of tiny fragments fallen from the reeds.
- Extract from : « Insect Adventures » by J. Henri Fabre
- In the last measure of the third line there is a modulation into the tonality of Bâ™ which carries through two measures.
- Extract from : « The Tinguian » by Fay-Cooper Cole
- When water is poured over wood-ashes, it dissolves their potash which it carries through in solution, making ley.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Agriculture » by George E. Waring
- He himself is a man who carries through anything that he undertakes, no matter if he incurs loss in so doing.
- Extract from : « In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers » by G. A. Henty
- A philosophy, less systematic, by conforming itself to facts, carries through common sense to better results.
- Extract from : « Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good » by Victor Cousin
Synonyms for carries through
- abide
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquire
- act
- actualize
- actuate
- appoint
- attain
- bag it
- be
- be engaged in
- be extant
- be left
- be long lived
- be timeless
- bear
- bear the burden
- begin
- behave
- bide
- break up
- bring about
- bring off
- bring on
- bring to a close
- bring to fruition
- bring to pass
- buy
- cap
- carry on
- carry one's weight
- carry out
- carry through
- carry to completion
- cause
- cease
- clinch
- cling
- close
- come through
- command
- complete
- comply
- conceive
- conclude
- conduct
- constitute
- consummate
- continue
- corporealize
- create
- crown
- culminate
- cut it
- deal with
- declare
- decree
- deliver
- deliver the goods
- determine
- dictate
- direct
- discharge
- dispatch
- dispose of
- do
- do a number
- do justice to
- do one's part
- do one's thing
- do the job
- do the trick
- do to a T
- do to a turn
- draft
- draw on
- draw up
- earn
- earn wings
- effect
- effectuate
- enact
- end
- endure
- enforce
- engage in
- establish
- execute
- exist
- finalize
- finish
- fix
- fold
- follow through
- follow up
- form
- formulate
- frame
- fulfill
- function
- gain
- generate
- get
- get across
- get done
- get on
- get out of the way
- get the floor
- get through
- get to
- give rise to
- go all the way
- go on
- go that route
- go the limit
- halt
- handle
- hang it up
- hang on
- have done with
- have no end
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- implement
- induce
- initiate
- institute
- invoke
- jam through
- keep
- keep afloat
- keep on
- last
- legislate
- linger
- live
- live down
- live on
- live out
- live through
- make
- make a comeback
- make concrete
- make go
- make good
- make happen
- make into law
- make it
- make laws
- make short work of
- make the cut
- make waves
- manage
- materialize
- meet
- mop up
- move
- negotiate
- never say die
- observe
- obtain
- operate
- ordain
- order
- outlast
- outlive
- outwear
- pass
- percolate
- perdure
- perfect
- perform
- perk
- persevere
- persist
- practice
- prepare
- prevail
- proclaim
- procure
- produce
- prosecute
- pull it off
- pull off
- pull out of it
- pull through
- pursue
- put across
- put finishing touches on
- put in force
- put through
- rack up
- railroad
- railroad through
- ratify
- reach
- react
- realize
- recover
- reify
- remain
- remain alive
- render
- resolve
- revive
- ride out
- round off
- round up
- run on
- run with the ball
- sanction
- satisfy
- score
- scratch
- scrub
- seal
- secure
- see through
- sell
- set
- set off
- settle
- sew up
- shut down
- shutter
- sign
- solve
- stand
- stand up
- stay
- stay on
- steamroll
- stick to
- stop
- subsist
- suffer
- superannuate
- survive
- sustain
- take
- take care of business
- terminate
- tick
- top off
- tough it out
- transact
- trigger
- turn out
- turn the trick
- ultimate
- unzip
- vote favorably
- vote in
- wage
- wear
- wear on
- wear well
- weather
- win
- wind up
- withstand
- work
- work at
- work out
- wrap
- wrap up
- yield
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