carried on

VERB

continue activity

Synonyms

WEAK

achieve endure hang on keep going last maintain perpetuate persevere persist proceed

Antonyms

WEAK

be calm discontinue mismanage stop

VERB

manage operations

Synonyms

WEAK

administer conduct direct engage in keep operate ordain run

Antonyms

WEAK

be calm discontinue mismanage stop

VERB

lose control emotionally

Synonyms

WEAK

act up be indecorous blunder cut up lose it make a fuss misbehave rage raise Cain

Antonyms

WEAK

be calm discontinue mismanage stop

Example Sentences

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When two collectors returned, Wataka carried on with the show while Wambugu stepped out to talk with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

Survivors were mourning while battling shortages of food and shelter, but searches of the scores of flattened apartment buildings have carried on and saved lives.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Now 15, she has carried on a lonely legal fight to compete on her school’s track team in Bridgeport, W. Va.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Though the federal government settled its case, a collection of state attorneys general carried on and won a jury verdict against Live Nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

The boys carried on their resistance activities for several months.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti