Thesaurus / carry on
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The occasion should be seized also to increase the balances of depositors who carry unprofitable accounts.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPS
They will carry out the dictum of Carlyle that the modern university is a university of books.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.
The text of the amendments designed to carry out these recommendations will be submitted by the Board at an early date.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPS
The Professor, passing benevolently on, was glad he had now enough money to carry out his projects.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
A quite young child will, for example, pretend to do something, as to take an empty cup and carry out the semblance of drinking.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLY
It is by my order that the Turks are being left a free hand to carry out this pious duty.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
When used by gentlemen it was common to carry a silver basin to spit in.
Bonaparte made an unsuccessful attempt to carry St. Jean d'Acre by assault.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
Here was a melodramatic scene in which he not only was not playing a leading part, but did not even carry a banner.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
WORDS RELATED TO CARRY ON
- abide
- be
- be left
- be long lived
- be timeless
- bide
- carry on
- carry through
- cling
- exist
- go on
- hang on
- have no end
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- live on
- never say die
- outlast
- outlive
- perdure
- persist
- prevail
- remain
- ride out
- run on
- stand
- stay
- stay on
- stick to
- superannuate
- survive
- sustain
- wear
- wear on
- wear well
- add to
- aggrandize
- amplify
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- broaden
- carry on
- continue
- crane
- develop
- dilate
- drag out
- draw
- draw out
- elongate
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- fan out
- go on
- heighten
- increase
- last
- lengthen
- let out
- magnify
- mantle
- multiply
- open
- pad
- prolong
- prolongate
- protract
- run on
- spin out
- spread
- spread out
- stall
- stretch
- string out
- supplement
- take
- unfold
- unfurl
- unroll
- widen
- add to
- aggrandize
- amplify
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- broaden
- carry on
- continue
- crane
- develop
- dilate
- drag out
- draw
- draw out
- elongate
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- fan out
- go on
- heighten
- increase
- last
- lengthen
- let out
- magnify
- mantle
- multiply
- open
- pad
- prolong
- prolongate
- protract
- run on
- spin out
- spread
- spread out
- stall
- stretch
- string out
- supplement
- take
- unfold
- unfurl
- unroll
- widen
- argue
- bicker
- buck
- buckle down
- carry on
- combat
- conduct
- contest
- continue
- defy
- dispute
- effect
- endure
- engage in
- exert oneself
- fall out
- force
- further
- hammer away
- hassle
- lay into
- light into
- maintain
- make a stand against
- oppose
- persevere
- persist
- prosecute
- push forward
- put up an argument
- repel
- resist
- row
- spare no effort
- squabble
- stand up to
- strive
- struggle
- support
- take on
- take pains
- tangle with
- toil on
- travail
- traverse
- uphold
- wage
- withstand
- wrangle
- argue
- bicker
- buck
- buckle down
- carry on
- combat
- conduct
- contest
- continue
- defy
- dispute
- effect
- endure
- engage in
- exert oneself
- fall out
- force
- further
- hammer away
- hassle
- lay into
- light into
- maintain
- make a stand against
- oppose
- persevere
- persist
- prosecute
- push forward
- put up an argument
- repel
- resist
- row
- spare no effort
- squabble
- stand up to
- strive
- struggle
- support
- take on
- take pains
- tangle with
- toil on
- travail
- traverse
- uphold
- wage
- withstand
- wrangle
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