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 surf theme carried through to this season’s collection for its Replay line, which was inspired by board carrier bags, available in nine colorways. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025 Although this contender had a pleasant aroma, tasters said that the strength didn’t carry through on the palate. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025 Delta expects recent momentum to carry through the end of the year and forecast full-year profit of $6 per share, in the upper half of its previous guidance range. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025 The whole thing was 0nce an old British hunting outpost, built for grand hunting parties with elephants, silverware, and crates of champagne carried through thick jungle by unnamed brown men. Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carry through

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
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 16 Oct. 2025.

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