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carry out

UK/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/US/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/
phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To carry out is to actually do a plan, order or experiment. Carry out the work, carry out a survey, carried out as instructed.

It is the standard verb of reports and instructions, where somebody must carry out the work rather than simply do it. The parts separate around a pronoun, so you carry out an order and carry it out.

Definitions of carry out

  1. 1phrasecarry outTo actually do a plan, order, or experiment.B2

    “The scientists will carry out the experiment again to check their results.”

carry out is a doing.

Also accepted in games: perform

Where it comes from

Carry plus out, in Middle English, from the sense of taking something through to its end.

  1. Middle English

    caryen out

  2. English, today

    carry out

From Middle English caryen out, equivalent to carry + out.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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