carry out a task

Meaning

This expression means to perform, execute, or complete a specific piece of work or duty. It is widely used in business and formal contexts to describe the action of doing what has been planned or ordered. The tone is professional, objective, and action-oriented.

Examples

• The team is ready to carry out the task as soon as we get approval.

  The team is ready to carry out the task as soon as we get approval.

• It is crucial to carry out this task with high attention to detail.

  It is crucial to carry out this task with high attention to detail.

• She was assigned to carry out the task of updating the client database.

  She was assigned to carry out the task of updating the client database.

• He has the technical skills required to carry out this complex task.

  He has the technical skills required to carry out this complex task.

• We need a clear plan before we can successfully carry out the task.

  We need a clear plan before we can successfully carry out the task.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to make this task by Friday.

  ✓ We need to carry out this task by Friday.

  'Make' is not used with 'task'. You can 'do', 'perform', or 'carry out' a task.

• ✗ The assistant carried out of the task quickly.

  ✓ The assistant carried out the task quickly.

  'Carry out' is a transitive phrasal verb and does not take the preposition 'of' before its object.

Related Expressions

Practice

• It is your responsibility to ___ according to the instructions.

  💡 To perform or execute the assigned work.

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  carry out the task

• The engineers ___ of testing the software last night.

  💡 Past tense of executing a specific piece of work.

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  carried out the task