carry someone through (something)

carry someone through (something)
carry someone through (something)
to sustain someone (as someone's expenses or needs) during something. •

Can this amount carry you through the week?

Yes, this will carry me through.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • carry someone through something — carry (someone) through (something) to help someone continue to exist in a difficult situation. People stocked up on food, fuel, and candles to carry them through the storm. She puts her trust in God and believes He will carry her through …   New idioms dictionary

  • carry someone through — carry (someone) through (something) to help someone continue to exist in a difficult situation. People stocked up on food, fuel, and candles to carry them through the storm. She puts her trust in God and believes He will carry her through …   New idioms dictionary

  • carry through something — carry (someone) through (something) to help someone continue to exist in a difficult situation. People stocked up on food, fuel, and candles to carry them through the storm. She puts her trust in God and believes He will carry her through …   New idioms dictionary

  • carry through — carry (someone) through (something) to help someone continue to exist in a difficult situation. People stocked up on food, fuel, and candles to carry them through the storm. She puts her trust in God and believes He will carry her through …   New idioms dictionary

  • carry — car|ry1 [ keri ] verb *** ▸ 1 take someone/something somewhere ▸ 2 have goods for sale ▸ 3 spread disease ▸ 4 always have a feeling ▸ 5 publish/broadcast something ▸ 6 have a guarantee ▸ 7 win election ▸ 8 do someone else s work ▸ 9 lead to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • carry through — verb 1. put in effect (Freq. 4) carry out a task execute the decision of the people He actioned the operation • Syn: ↑accomplish, ↑execute, ↑carry out, ↑action, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • carry through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms carry through : present tense I/you/we/they carry through he/she/it carries through present participle carrying through past tense carried through past participle carried through 1) carry something through to… …   English dictionary

  • carry — car|ry1 W1S1 [ˈkæri] v past tense and past participle carried present participle carrying third person singular carries ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(lift and take)¦ 2¦(vehicle/ship/plane)¦ 3¦(pipe/wire etc)¦ 4¦(move something)¦ 5¦(have with you)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • carry — 1 verb carried, carrying 1 LIFT AND TAKE (T) to take something somewhere in your hands or arms, on your back etc: A porter helped me carry my luggage. | Let me carry that for you. | carry sth around/out/to etc: I m not carrying it around all day! …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • carry */*/*/ — UK [ˈkærɪ] / US [ˈkerɪ] verb Word forms carry : present tense I/you/we/they carry he/she/it carries present participle carrying past tense carried past participle carried 1) [transitive] to hold someone or something using your hands, arms, or… …   English dictionary

  • carry — verb (carries, carrying, carried) 1》 move or transport from one place to another.     ↘have on one s person wherever one goes.     ↘conduct; transmit.     ↘be infected with (a disease) and liable to transmit it to others. 2》 support the weight of …   English new terms dictionary

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