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Carry out meaning

Carry out is a phrasal verb that means to perform or finish a task, plan, or instruction.

Past simple
carried out
Past participle
carried out
-ing form
carrying out

What carry out means

perform or completeB1

To perform or finish a task, plan, or instruction

Engineers carried out a detailed safety inspection.

Similar phrasal verbs

With carry: carry on.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.

Common questions

What does carry out mean?

To perform or finish a task, plan, or instruction.

What is the past tense of carry out?

Carried out, which is also its past participle.

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