carry through
verb1
Idiomatic To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.
- But, you know, Max, I am pledged to carry through the Vandeeming affair here in town.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- He was clearly dealing with extremely small quantities, and considering the clumsy structure of telescopes then in use, it is surprising he managed to carry through the procedure at all. Nevertheless, he obtained a remarkably good value […]2006, Michael Bodin, Primer of Relativity: A Student's Introduction, page 66:
2
Idiomatic To succeed; to make it.
- We carried through, and the mock eviction was a great success on several counts.1980, Elizabeth Amer, Constance Mungall, Yes We Can!: How to Organize Citizen Action (page 32)
3
Idiomatic To bring through difficulties etc.
- An agreeable sense of victory and the afterglow of the flash carried Emily through the afternoon in spite of the fact that Miss Brownell ridiculed her for her mistakes in spelling.1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon: