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[carry through]  {v.}

1a. To put into action.

Mr. Green was not able to carry through his plans for a hike because he broke his leg.

1b. To do something you have planned; put a plan into action.

* /Jean makes good plans but she cannot carry  […]

[carry weight]  {n.}

To be influential; have significance and/or clout; impress.

[cart before the horse] (to put)  {n. phr.},  {informal}

Things in wrong order; something backwards or mixed up. — An overused expression. Usually used with "put" but sometimes with "get" or "have".

* /When the salesman wanted money for goods he hadn't  […]

[cart off] or [cart away]  {v.},  {informal}

To take away, often with force or with rough handling or behavior.

The police carted the rioters off to jail.

[carved] or [chiseled] or [inscribed in granite] / [written in stone]  {adj. phr.}

Holy; unchangeable; noble and of ancient origin.

You should wear shoes when you come to class, although this is not carved in granite.

* /The Constitution of the  […]

[case]

See:

[BASKET CASE],

[CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES],

[COUCH CASE],

[GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS] also [GET DOWN TO CASES],

[IN ANY CASE],

[IN CASE] or [IN THE EVENT],

[IN CASE OF] also [IN THE EVENT OF],

[VANITY CASE].

[case in point]  {n. phr.}

An example that proves something or helps to make something clearer.

[case the joint]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize.

The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood bank.

2. To familiarize oneself with a potential workplace or vacation  […]

[cash]

See: [COLD CASH].

[cash-and-carry] (1)  {adj.}

Selling things for cash money only and letting the customer carry them home, not having the store deliver them; also sold in this way.

This is a cash-and-carry store only.