Antonyms for carrying out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kar-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i


Definition of carrying out

Origin :
  • c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.
  • verb complete activity
Example sentences :
  • Orderlies were going about, carrying out linens, emptying pans.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The slightest weakness in carrying out her bold plan might cause it to fail.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • How I succeeded in carrying out my programme will appear hereafter.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • He was carrying out his resolve to see everything for himself.
  • Extract from : « Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works » by Edward Singleton Holden
  • Politics with him are not a mechanism for seeming what he is not, or for carrying out the will of the majority.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • But they planned on carrying out their investigations by stealth.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • You do not think of carrying out our plans for to-morrow, Jethro?
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • I was,” said von Moll, “carrying out the orders of the Emperor.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • They lost no time, these villainous Spaniards, in carrying out this sentence.
  • Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
  • I rather fancy they wanted to get off carrying out the sentence if they could.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

Synonyms for carrying out

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