phrasal verb · informal

carry on with

UK/ˈkæri ɒn wɪð/US/ˈkæri ɑn wɪð/CAR·ry ON with

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to continue doing something

Examples

Despite the interruption, she carried on with her presentation.

If you carry on with studying like this, you'll improve fast.

Carry on with the experiment while I check the equipment.

Band 8 sentence

Even when the projector failed, the lecturer carried on with her lecture, using diagrams on the board instead.

Collocations

  • carry on with work
  • carry on with studies
  • carry on despite

Word family

carried on verb (past)carrying on verb / gerund

Common mistakes

continue oncarry on with / continue

Say it for a higher band

5continue6keep going7+carry on with

Synonyms

continue

Easily confused

continue

She continued her talk after a short break.

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