carry through

verb

carried through; carrying through; carries through

transitive verb

: carry out

intransitive verb

: persist, survive

feelings that carry through to the present

Examples of carry through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That idea carries through the hotel’s color, lighting, art and room design. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

Coffin burials date back even further, but historians have many hyphotheses for why the tradition has carried through to today. — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

Back at Punta Negra, this spirit of discovery carries through to the food. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

But animation is just so much more expressive, so much more information can be carried through color and line size and boldness and the kind of unreal physicality that nonetheless conveys real emotion. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for carry through

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue