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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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
After about an hour of waiting for carryout meals, Schneider said the students moved to the school bus outside to wait and ate their lunch back at the elementary school.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
That's why the spectacular cruelty with which the cuts were carried out tanked Musk's personal brand and triggered Trump's inexorable decline in approval.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
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Noun
Customers can order the half-off pizza for delivery or carryout.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
After about an hour of waiting for carryout meals, Schneider said the students moved to the school bus outside to wait and ate their lunch back at the elementary school.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
It was carried out last weekend and freed 1,000 captives on each side.
—Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
That's why the spectacular cruelty with which the cuts were carried out tanked Musk's personal brand and triggered Trump's inexorable decline in approval.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
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“Carryout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carryout. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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