Antonyms for carrying out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kar-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i

Definition of carrying out

Origin : c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.

verb complete activity

Example sentences :

Orderlies were going about, carrying out linens, emptying pans.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The slightest weakness in carrying out her bold plan might cause it to fail.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

How I succeeded in carrying out my programme will appear hereafter.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

He was carrying out his resolve to see everything for himself.
Extract from : « Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works » by Edward Singleton Holden

Politics with him are not a mechanism for seeming what he is not, or for carrying out the will of the majority.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

But they planned on carrying out their investigations by stealth.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

You do not think of carrying out our plans for to-morrow, Jethro?
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

I was,” said von Moll, “carrying out the orders of the Emperor.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

They lost no time, these villainous Spaniards, in carrying out this sentence.
Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher

I rather fancy they wanted to get off carrying out the sentence if they could.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

Synonyms for carrying out

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