carryout
1 of 2noun
car·ry·out ˈker-ē-ˌau̇t 
ˈka-rē-
: takeout sense 1
carryout adjective
carry out
2 of 2verb
carried out; carrying out; carries out
transitive verb
1
: to bring to a successful issue : complete, accomplish
carried out the assignment
2
: to put into execution
carry out a plan
3
: to continue to an end or stopping point
Synonyms
Verb
- accomplish
- achieve
- bring off
- carry off
- commit
- compass
- do
- execute
- follow through (with)
- fulfill
- fulfil
- make
- negotiate
- perform
- perpetrate
- prosecute
- pull off
- put through
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun She works in a Chinese carryout. Verb carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
Recent Examples on the Web
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022 There won't be a dining room at the 1,760-square-foot store, which will offer carryout, delivery and drop-off catering services. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2022 The dinner is available for dine-in, delivery and carryout, at both Milwaukee-area locations. Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022 The new store will offer carryout, curbside pickup and delivery. Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2022 Everyone's favorite Italian eatery, Maggiano's, will be open for regular hours on the holiday and will offer catering, carryout and dine-in options. Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022 Also last week, Wayne Smith pleaded guilty to the fatal shootings of Steven Jackson and Larry Lawson in front of a carryout restaurant on the unit block of South Carey Street in Union Square just west of downtown on April 29, 2017. Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2022 The fish is available for dine-in and online carryout. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2022 Hastings said that the focus of the restaurant will be traditional Mexican food items for carryout. Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022 See More
Noun
Along with the salmon, tuna, crab, scallops and sea urchin available for purchase, the shop also carried sushi and sashimi for carryout. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022 There won't be a dining room at the 1,760-square-foot store, which will offer carryout, delivery and drop-off catering services. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2022 The dinner is available for dine-in, delivery and carryout, at both Milwaukee-area locations. Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022 The new store will offer carryout, curbside pickup and delivery. Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2022 Everyone's favorite Italian eatery, Maggiano's, will be open for regular hours on the holiday and will offer catering, carryout and dine-in options. Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022 Also last week, Wayne Smith pleaded guilty to the fatal shootings of Steven Jackson and Larry Lawson in front of a carryout restaurant on the unit block of South Carey Street in Union Square just west of downtown on April 29, 2017. Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2022 The fish is available for dine-in and online carryout. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2022 Hastings said that the focus of the restaurant will be traditional Mexican food items for carryout. Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1940, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1
carrying out
verb
as in fulfilling
to carry through (as a process) to completion carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- fulfilling
- performing
- executing
- achieving
- accomplishing
- carrying off
- pulling off
- putting through
- doing
- going through
- making
- implementing
- bringing off
- bringing about
- following through (with)
- prosecuting
- negotiating
- committing
- perpetrating
- completing
- finishing
- compassing
- realizing
- effecting
- winding up
- engaging (in)
- working (at)
- practicing
- effectuating
- attaining
- acing
- repeating
- ending
- nailing
- reenacting
- actualizing
- practising
- reduplicating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- failing
- skimping
- slurring
- slighting
- knocks off his pedestal
- knocks one's socks off
- knocks out
- knocks over
- knocks silly
- knocks someone off her pedestal
- knocks someone off his pedestal
- knocks together
- knocks up
- knockwurst
- knockwursts
- knodden
- knoe
- knoedel
- knoedels
- knoevenagel condensation
- Knoevenagel reaction
- knoll
- knolled
- knollers
- knolling
- knolls
- knolly
- Knoop hardness
- knoorhaan