carried out; carrying out; carries out
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
Examples of carryout in a Sentence
Noun
She works in a Chinese carryout.
Verb
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
After about an hour of waiting for carryout meals, Schneider said the students moved to the school bus outside to wait and ate their lunch back at the elementary school.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Subcommittee members are expected to explore how sanctuary policies, local non-cooperation, and political activism may be interfering with the agency’s ability to carry out its mission.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Customers can order the half-off pizza for delivery or carryout.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
After about an hour of waiting for carryout meals, Schneider said the students moved to the school bus outside to wait and ate their lunch back at the elementary school.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
The Trump administration is carrying out a hard-line immigration policy to remove millions of undocumented immigrants.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Subcommittee members are expected to explore how sanctuary policies, local non-cooperation, and political activism may be interfering with the agency’s ability to carry out its mission.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for carryout
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“Carryout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carryout. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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