Customs was a mess, but we got through with all our baggage in only twenty minutes.
•I got through with my aged father without any trouble.
2. Go to through with someone or something.Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
get through — ► get through 1) pass or endure (a difficult experience or period). 2) chiefly Brit. use up (a large amount or number of something). 3) make contact by telephone. 4) succeed in communicating with someone. Main Entry: ↑get … English terms dictionary
get through — phrasal verb Word forms get through : present tense I/you/we/they get through he/she/it gets through present participle getting through past tense got through past participle got through 1) a) get through something [transitive] to manage to deal… … English dictionary
get through — Ⅰ. UK US get through Phrasal Verb with get({{}}/get/ verb ( tt , got, got, or US gotten) ► to succeed in talking to someone on the phone: » I tried to phone but couldn t get through. get through to sb/sth » … Financial and business terms
get through to sb — UK US get (sth) through (to sb) Phrasal Verb with get({{}}/get/ verb ( tt , got, got, or US gotten) ► to succeed in making someone understand something: »What s got through to us is that email is totally impersonal you need to talk to people … Financial and business terms
get through — 1》 pass or endure (a difficult experience or period). 2》 chiefly Brit. use up (a large amount or number of something). 3》 make contact by telephone. ↘succeed in communicating with someone. → get … English new terms dictionary
get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
through — [ θru ] function word *** Through can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): They were riding through a forest. as an adverb (without a following noun): There s a hole in the roof where the rain comes through. as an … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
The bomber will always get through — was a phrase used by Stanley Baldwin in a speech to the British Parliament in 1932:cquote|I find myself at the close of a most interesting debate which has been well worth while I myself should not have regretted a second day in which there have… … Wikipedia
through — [thro͞o] prep. [ME thurgh, thrugh < OE thurh, akin to Ger durch < IE base * ter , through, beyond > L trans, across, Sans tiráḥ, through] 1. in one side and out the other side of; from end to end of 2. a) in the midst of [flying through… … English World dictionary
through — ♦ (The preposition is pronounced [[t]θruː[/t]]. In other cases, through is pronounced [[t]θru͟ː[/t]]) 1) PREP To move through something such as a hole, opening, or pipe means to move directly from one side or end of it to the other. The theatre… … English dictionary
through */*/*/ — UK [θruː] / US [θru] adjective, adverb, preposition Summary: Through can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): They were riding through a forest. as an adverb (without a following noun): There s a hole in the roof… … English dictionary
