carry sth out
— phrasal verb with carry uk/ˈkær.i/us/ˈker.i/verb
B1 to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do:
Dr Carter is carrying out research on early Christian art.
The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her.
Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.
It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry out their threat to kill the hostages.
Don't blame me, I'm only carrying out my orders/instructions.
More examples
- The study will be carried out over a six-month period.
- The plot was discovered before it was carried out.
- The police carried out a thorough search of the premises, but failed to find any drugs.
- More research on the subject needs to be carried out.
- According to witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- have your/its moments idiom
- kill
- rise
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
- take hold idiom
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