verb
Meaning 1
To overcome; to endure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- Military training was hard, but I got through it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
get through
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/
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verb
Meaning 2
To complete; to finish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- She got through her book this morning!
- I was so thirsty that I got through three glasses of orange juice.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To use up; to expend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: burn through, run through
- With near-daily trips to Houston and back, he really gets through a lot of fuel in one month.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn through, run through
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: get across
- He was such a dyed-in-the-wool partisan that I just couldn't get through to him and change his mind.
- He was such a dyed-in-the-wool partisan that I just couldn't get it through his skull.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: patch, get across
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
finish a task completely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I finally got through this homework assignment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complete, finish
Narrower terms: cap off
verb
Meaning 6
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
- she was penetrated with sorrow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: click, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
be in or establish communication with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Our advertisements reach millions
- He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reach, get hold of, contact
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicate, intercommunicate
Narrower terms: ping, raise
verb
Meaning 8
succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come through
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
verb
Meaning 9
spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: while away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spend, pass
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 度過 /度过 (dùguò) — to overcome
- Finnish: selviytyä — to overcome
- Finnish: suoriutua — to overcome
- French: franchir — to overcome
- Italian: superare — to overcome
- Italian: farcela — to overcome
- Spanish: aguantar — to overcome
- Spanish: salir adelante — to overcome
- Spanish: superar — to overcome
- Spanish: perdurar — to overcome
- Spanish: pervivir — to overcome
- Ukrainian: додзво́нюватися (dodzvónjuvatysja) — to make contact by telephone
- Ukrainian: додзвони́тися (dodzvonýtysja) — to make contact by telephone