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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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
Cracker Barrel also offers carryout meal options to help hungry guests focus on time spent with family.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The restructuring brings in regional chiefs and supervisors normally stationed at the nation's borders to carry out immigration arrests inside the country, a move representing a departure from traditional immigration enforcement structures.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
His meals are available for carryout and delivery through DoorDash.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
Cracker Barrel also offers carryout meal options to help hungry guests focus on time spent with family.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
Firefighters whisper about a gas main as a little girl, Dinah, is carried out of the wreckage—the sole survivor of a blast that killed her mom.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The restructuring brings in regional chiefs and supervisors normally stationed at the nation's borders to carry out immigration arrests inside the country, a move representing a departure from traditional immigration enforcement structures.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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