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get through

  • /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/

verb gets through · getting through · got through · gotten through

  1. informal, transitive To overcome; to endure. Military training was hard, but I got through it.
  2. informal, transitive To complete; to finish. She got through her book this morning!
  3. informal, transitive To use up; to expend. Near-synonyms: burn through, run through
  4. informal, intransitive, transitive To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty. The earliest arrival was able to ameliorate the lot of the other, especially as he was the lucky recipient of no less than thirteen parcels of comforts and food. So you see, O women of little faith, parcels are getting through to our brave lads.

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