carry through

Bring to completion

Carry through means to complete something despite difficulties or see it to the end: Her determination carried her through the crisis.

It can also mean to sustain or support someone across a challenging period: The memory of his promise carried him through the hard years.

A plan or idea that is carried through gets fully implemented rather than abandoned midway.

complete

finish

Bring to completion

achieve · fulfill · wrap up · execute · realize · consummate · clinch · seal · cap off · close out

persevere

endure

Suffer through without yielding

keep going · stick with · hold on · weather · survive · outlast · bear up · withstand · stay the course · hang in

Opposites
completion vs. abandonment

carry throughabandon

Leave behind permanently

give up · quit · drop · abort · discontinue

persistence vs. yielding

carry throughgive in

Cease resistance, concede

surrender · capitulate · cave in · throw in the towel · back down

follow-through vs. neglect

carry throughneglect

Failure to provide care

drop the ball · let slide · shirk · fall down on · renege

Family

carry, through, carrier, carrying, carried, carries, miscarriage, carryall, miscarry

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G