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Verb: carry out  ker-ee awt [N. Amer], ka-ree awt [Brit]
  1. Cause to happen; complete successfully
    "carry out a task";
    - carry through, accomplish, execute, action, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
    "She carried out his recommendations with a written proposal";
    - follow through, follow up, follow out, implement, put through, go through with

Derived forms: carries out, carried out, carrying out

Type of: complete, effect, effectuate, finish, set up