carry through

verb

carried through; carrying through; carries through

intransitive verb

: persist, survive
feelings that carry through to the present

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The second-year back for the Rams has just six carries through two games. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Technicians who used warm and positive tones and descriptor words encouraged similar emotions in parents, which carried through pregnancy and into early parenthood. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 In 1958, a much larger rear window gave view to impatient motorists arears, and carried through to the end of production. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carry through

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of carry through was in 1608

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“Carry through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20through. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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