carry through

To do something successfully and continue until it is finished.

• We carried through our plan.
• She carried the project through to the end.
• Can the new government carry through these reforms?

How to use it: carry something through (She carried the project through despite many delays.); carry through something (The council carried through its proposed reforms.)

Similar words: complete, accomplish, execute

Opposites: abandon

Common phrases: carry through something, carry through plans

To help someone survive or get past a difficult time.

• His courage carried him through.
• Our savings carried us through the winter.
• Her friends carried her through a very difficult year.

How to use it: carry someone through something (Her family’s support carried her through the illness.)

Similar words: sustain, support, see through

Common phrases: carry someone through, carry through hardship

To succeed in continuing or reaching a later stage.

• Their early success carried through into the final stage.
• The tradition has carried through into a new century.
• Few of these customs carried through to the present day.

How to use it: carry through into something (The tradition carried through into the modern era.)

Similar words: survive, endure, last

Opposites: fail

Common phrases: carry through successfully, carry through into something