Carried out-cover meaning in English

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Definition

We carried him out on our shoulders: We took him out on our shoulders; We transported him away resting on our shoulders; We brought him out with our shoulders supporting his body idiom

Exercise 1

"Calahan claimed that these were the scars from scientific experiments carried out by the aliens..."

The expression "carry out" has many different meanings in English.

From the list below, select the sentences which use the expression CORRECTLY.

Who are you carrying out with these days?

Don't get carried out with yourself and spend all your money at once.

I need to carry out various tasks before I can relax and watch TV.

She was so drunk that she got carried out of the pub and put in a taxi.

Who are you carrying out with these days?

The expression "carry out" does not make sense in this context. One cannot "carry out" with someone. It would be better to say: "Who are you hanging out with at the moment?" The phrasal verb "to hang out" has two principal meanings: to frequent a particular location (I'm hanging out at the bar near my house), or to do nothing special (-What are you doing? -Just hanging out.).

Don't get carried out with yourself and spend all your money at once.

The expression "carry out" does not make sense in this context. One cannot get "carried out (with oneself)", but one can get "carried AWAY with oneself".

I need to carry out various tasks before I can relax and watch TV.

This sentence uses the expression "carry out" correctly, in the same way as Moira uses it in the broadcast. Moira tells us that Verne Callahan claimed the aliens "carried out" experiments on him. To "carry out" (a task, an experiment) is to complete or execute it. A "task" is a "job" or "chore" that needs to be done. Examples of "tasks": washing up, paying bills, posting a letter and baking a cake.

She was so drunk that she got carried out of the pub and put in a taxi.

This sentence uses the expression "carry out" correctly. To be "carried out" (of a pub) means to be physically taken away (generally lifted up and "carried" by another person or people). In this case, the woman was so drunk that she couldn't walk under her own power. This use of the phrasal verb is related to the principal use of the verb "to carry", meaning to physically hold or lift an object (or person).

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