get through
get
gɛt
get
through
θru:
throo
/ɡɛt θɹˈuː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "get through"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to get through
[phrase form: get]
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to succeed in passing or enduring a difficult experience or period
Transitive: to get through a difficult experience or period
to get through definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the hardships, they got through the financial crisis as a family.
āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύāϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to help someone endure a difficult or challenging situation
Ditransitive: to get through sb a difficult experience or period
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I could n't have passed the exam without your help; you got me through it.
āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž; āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to successfully complete a task
Transitive: to get through a task
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team 's goal is to get through all the items on the agenda in the meeting.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻšāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āφāχāĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to successfully deliver something, such as supplies or aid, to someone
Intransitive: to get through to a person or area
Transitive: to get through supplies or aid to a person or area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The charity 's mission is to get through much-needed support to the underprivileged.
āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ŸāϤāĻž āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻŦāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become clear and understandable for someone
Intransitive: to get through | to get through to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It took a while, but the importance of the message got through to the audience.
āĻāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to manage to reach or contact a person
Intransitive: to get through | to get through to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I tried calling all morning, but I could n't get through to the company's customer service.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to endure or pass a period of time, whether enjoyable or not, often with activities or distractions
Transitive: to get through a period of time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She read books to get through the hours of waiting at the airport.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāχ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a proposal, application, or request) to successfully pass a process or procedure required for approval or acceptance by a government or organization
Transitive: to get through a process or procedure
Ditransitive: to get through a proposal or application a process or procedure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She worked tirelessly to ensure her visa application got through the bureaucratic hurdles.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϏāĻž āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āφāĻŽāϞāĻžāϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧋āύ⧀āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to successfully advance to the next stage of a competition or selection process
Transitive: to get through a stage in a process | to get through to an advanced stage in a process
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Only a few candidates got through the rigorous interview process for the job.
āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to pass an exam or test successfully
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to get through an exam or test
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was a tough exam, but he was relieved to get through it with a passing score.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻĢ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to use a significant amount of something, such as a resource or supply
Transitive: to get through a resource or supply
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cold weather made them get through a lot of firewood this winter.
āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāχ āĻļā§€āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻ  āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋

to reach a place or destination, especially after overcoming obstacles or challenges
Intransitive: to get through somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team was able to get through to the mountain summit.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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