What is the meaning of get through?

Verb

  • (v.) get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up (finish a task completely) "I finally got through this homework assignment"
  • (v.) while away, get through (spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time)
  • (v.) get through, come through (succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems) "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"
  • (v.) reach, get through, get hold of, contact (be in or establish communication with) "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
  • (v.) click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place (become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions) "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
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APAWordNet. (2010). get through. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/get_through/definitions/1282000
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