Get Through

Definition: Get Through

Get Through

Verb

1. Finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment".

2. Spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time.

3. Succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister".

4. Be in communication with, establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia".

5. Become clear suddenly; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Get Through

Completion

Do, execute, make; go through, get through; work out, enact; bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head.

Conduct

Verb: transact, execute; despatch, dispatch; proceed with, discharge; carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect, put into effect; work out; go through, get through; enact; put into practice; do; officiate.

End

Verb: end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come-, draw- to a -close; Noun: have run its course; run out, pass away. bring to an -end; Noun: put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve; (complete); stop; (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.

Expenditure

Verb: expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out, fork out, fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money.

Crosswords: Get Through

You don't like me, and I don't like you, but let's get through this thing and then I can continue killing you with beer. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

One does not get through to someone by being something other than what one is. (Maude; writing credit: Colette Deréal)

If we're going to get through this we're going to need self control. (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard)

I think we're gonna get through this. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

But perhaps John Parker will get through with our message to Buckaroo Banzai. (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; writing credit: Earl Mac Rauch)

It's easy to get through (When Somebody Loves You; performing artist: Alan Jackson)

Until I get through to you (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

I just gotta get through this (Gotta Get Thru This; performing artist: DANIEL BEDINGFIELD)

I can't get no connection I can't get through (Twilight Zone; performing artist: Golden Earring)

They help me calm down and I can get through it (Boom! Shake The Room; performing artist: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)

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Books

• How Can I Get Through to You: Reconnecting Men and Women (reference)

  (more book examples)

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A young lady attempting to get through yellow starthistle to empty garbage at Pit River, California. Credit: Jerry Asher.

Now if I can just get through to N.K. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Drink up, said Ford, "you've got three pints to get through." "Three pints?" said Arthur. "At lunchtime?" The man next to ford grinned and nodded happily. Ford ignored him. He said, "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." "Very deep," said Arthur, "you should send that in to the Reader's Digest. They've got a page for people like you."

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Health

Keep in mind that sand flies are much smaller than mosquitoes and therefore can get through smaller holes. (references)

It is possible that, in MS, components of the immune system get through the barrier and cause nervous system damage. (references)

H. pylori weakens the protective mucous coating of the stomach and duodenum, which allows acid to get through to the sensitive lining beneath. (references)

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Expressions using "get through": get through one's examinations ♦ get through the customs ♦ get through with ♦ not get through ♦ To get through. Additional references.

Albanian

mbaroj (be over, call it a day, cease, close, decline, despatch, die, dispatch, do, drink up, eat up, end, finish, go out, lapse, perish, peter out, spend, surcease, terminate, wind up), jap (accord, adjudge, administer, afford, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, come through, concede, deliver, dish, dispense, furnish, give, give in, hand in, impart, land, lend, pay, present, produce, provide, reach, throw, vouchsafe, yield), dorëzoj (cede, consign, deliver, devolve, disgorge, give, give back, give over, give up, hand in, present, reach, serve, turn over, yield), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نجح (achieve, arrive, bring off, click, flourish, get on, go off well, make, make a go of it, make efficient, make good, make out, make the grade, manage, pan, pan out, pass, prosper, pull off, pull through, succeed, thrive, triumph, win out, work it), ‏توغل (force, get home, get in), ‏تحايل (trickery), ‏عبر (across, act out, carry, clothe, come, come across, conceive, couch, cross, emit, enunciate, express, express oneself, fly, give voice to, go over, jibe, jump, mouth, navigate, negotiate, pass, phrase, run, signify, slice through, span, swim, track, trans, transit, ventilate, voice). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свързвам се (band, connect, get on to, piece on), справям се (acquit oneself, cope, do well, get along, hold one's own, hold up, manage, refer, shift, shift for oneself, tackle), оздравявам (get round, heal, on the mend, recover, recuperate), прокарвам (carry, cut, drive, lace, open, pursue, push through, put through, run, sweep), преминавам (adjourn, get over, go by, melt, merge, overblow, overpass, pass, pass along, pass away, pass by, pass on, passage, proceed, run, shade, surmount, traverse), предавам (carry, convey, deliver, denounce, give, give in, give over, give up, hand in, hand over, impart, pass along, pass in, pass round, put out, render, reproduce, resign, sell down the river, sell out, send, send on, send out, submit, transfuse, turn over, yield), пристигам (arrive, come, come through, hail, land, pull in, reach, roll around, roll round), изкарвам (be through, dislodge, fare, fetch, finish, get, make, oust, pass through, run off, serve). (various references)

Chinese 

通過 (by means of, through, to adopt, to get through, to pass through, to switch over, via). (various references)

Czech

prorazit (break through, drive, drive smth. in, drive through, force one's way, Pierce, puncture, put through, stave in), projít (come through, get by, go over, go through, perambulate), postoupit (concede, hand over, refer), kvalifikovat se, dovolat se, dokonèit (accomplish, bring to an end, button up, complete, finalize, finish, finish off, go through, perfect, push through), být schválen (go through). (various references)

Dutch

erdoor halen (pull through), doordrukken (force). (various references)

Finnish

päästä puhelinyhteyteen, läpäistä (go through, pass, penetrate, permeate, pierce). (various references)

French

traverser (get across), transpercer, terminer, réussir (get, get ahead, get on), parvenir (get), pénétrer (get across), mener � bonne fin, mener � bien, faire passer (get across, get over), faire comprendre, accomplir, être reçu. (various references)

German

durchbringen (blow, bring through, get by, pull round, pull through, put through, see through). (various references)

Greek 

τελειώνω (be through, break up, complete, conclude, draw in, end, end up, finish). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעבור (cover ground, cross, disappear, go, pass, transfer, traverse), לח�"ור (bore, enter, get home, infiltrate, inroad, penetrate, permeate), ל�"צליח (get ahead, get along, make good, make the grade, manage, prosper, pull through, succeed, swing, thrive, win, win out). (various references)

Hungarian

keresztülvisz (bulldoze, to get across, to get through, to implement, to put over), befejez (call it a day, cease, complete, conclude, end, finish, knock off, perfect, round off, terminate, to accomplish, to carry through, to clear off, to close, to conclude, to end, to finish off, to make good, to perfect, to polish off, to round off, to sign off, to terminate, to wind, wound). (various references)

Indonesian

meloloskan (allow something to get through, slip off). (various references)

Italian

superare (be over, cap, clear, come through, exceed, excel, get over, go over, negotiate, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outnumber, outrange, outstrip, overcome, overrun, overtake, pass, ride out, round, surmount, surpass, top, upstage), sbrigare (be quick, despatch, dispatch, finish off, hurry up, polish off), passare (be passed, be taken for, call at, cross, elapse, give, go beyond, go by, go through, hand, hand on, happen, help, lapse, pass, pass off, put, put through, roll by, roll on, run, see out, slip, spend, stop by, strain, switch, take place, to pass, transfer), ottenere la comunicazione. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乗っ切る (to get through, to overcome), 乗り切る (to get over, to get through, to overcome, to ride across, to sail across, to tide over, to weather). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

のっきる (to get through, to overcome), のりきる (to get over, to get through, to overcome, to ride across, to sail across, to tide over, to weather). (various references)

Manx

geddyn ny hrooid. (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay oughthray

Portuguese

terminar (accomodate, close, come to an end, cut off, discontinue, end, end up, expire, finish, finish off, nail down, pull the plug, squelch, stop, terminate), completar a ligação. (various references)

Romanian

trece prin (course, draw, experience, foot, go through, pass through, perambulate, permeate, run, squeeze through, strain), fi introdus, ajunge la sfârşit (finish). (various references)

Russian 

кончить, выживать (supplant, survive), выдерживать (bear, endure, last, live, pass, stand up under, support, sustain), провезти (transport), пройти через что-л.. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probiti se (force one's way, make one's way through, push through, thread, thread one's way), dobiti vezu. (various references)

Spanish

gastar (burn, cash, consume, expend, go through, lay out, outwear, part with, pay out, play, run through, sink, spend, sport, squander, waste, wear, wear away, wear down, wear out, wear through), hacer pasar (admit, bring in, get across, let in, pass off, put through, show in, usher), cesar (break, break off, cap, cease, close up, come, cut off, delete, disable, eat up, end, expire, follow up, get over, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, liquidate, stop, surcease, terminate, throw over, top off, wind up, zip, zip up), comunicar (announce, break, communicate, connect, connect up, convey, deliver, get on to, get over, give, hand on, impart, infect, inform, notify, plug in, put across, put over, report, tell), conseguir pasar por, consumir (consume, dig into, drain, eat, expend, live off, live on, shrivel, use up, waste, wear away), hacer aprobar (put through), aprobar (adopt, agree, approbate, approve, carry, come, endorse, fall in, fall in with, Favor, favour, gown, hold with, indorse, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, pass, receive, support, underwrite, vet, view, welcome), hacer entender (get across, get over, put across, put over), terminar de (get over, give over, hole, knock off, land), llegar a final de, llegar al final, lograr comunicar (get across), lograr comunicarse, pasar (blow over, bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, ensue, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get over, give, go, go by, go off, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, spend, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while), ser aceptado (be accepted, go through, pass, sell), ser aprobado (come, go through, pass), hacer comprender (get across, get over). (various references)

Swedish

klara sig i. (various references)

Turkish

geçmek (abate, adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, cap, catch, change to, clear, come down, cross, cut across, devolve, distance, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outgrow, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass on, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), geçirmek (bash, carry, come through, communicate, conduct, Dot, dot smb. one, extrude, fetch, get over, make pass, outstay, pass, pass away, pass on, post, put in, reach, scarf, screw, see off, see smb. to the door, show smb. to the door, slip, spend, spin out, stick, swipe, take in, transfer, transmit, undergo, while away, wile away, work out), sonuçlandırmak (accomplish, bring to an issue, conclude, finalize, leave off, put a period to, snuff out), harcayıp bitirmek, bitirmek (break up, bring to an end, bring to completion, call it off, carry through, cease, clean up, clear off, close, complete, conclude, consume, deplete, drink, end, end off, exhaust, expend, fetch up, finish, fulfil, fulfill, graduate, leave off, make an end of, play out, point, polish off, put a stop to, put an end to, put through, round out, run out, sign off, snuff out, swallow up, terminate, use up, wind up, work off, wrap it up), başarmak (accomplish, achieve, arrive, bring home the bacon, bring off, carry out, carry through, click, come through, compass, conquer, contrive, get things done, hit the mark, make out, negotiate, overcome, pan out, pan out well, prosper, pull off, sew up, succeed, swing, tackle, win through). (various references)

Ukrainian

скласти (write), витримати (endure, face out, outstand, outstay, withstand), закінчити (be through, get over, put through). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: rethought.

-3 letters: thought, through, tougher.

-4 letters: ghetto, gorget, gouger, gutter, hogger, hogget, hotter, hugger, rotgut, though, tother, touter, trough, tugger.

-5 letters: ergot, erugo, gorge, gouge, grego, grout, gurge, heugh, huger, other, otter, ought, outer, outre, rogue, rotte, rouge, rough, route, routh, teugh, throe, togue, torte, toter, tough, troth, trout, truth, tutor, utter.