go through
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Definition
Verb (transitive):
- To experience or endure something difficult or unpleasant: To undergo a challenging situation, process, or series of events.
- To examine or search something carefully and systematically: To look through the contents of something in a detailed and methodical way.
- To be officially approved or accepted: To pass through a formal process, such as a review or vote, and be accepted.
Verb (intransitive):
- To pass through a physical space or barrier: To move from one side of an object or area to the other.
- To be consumed or used up completely: To be spent, depleted, or finished.
Usage Examples
Verb (transitive):
- She had to go through a difficult divorce. (She had to experience the difficult process of a divorce.)
- I need to go through these files before the meeting. (I need to examine these files carefully before the meeting.)
- The new law finally went through Parliament. (The new law was finally approved by Parliament.)
Verb (intransitive):
- The road goes through a tunnel under the mountain. (The road passes through a tunnel.)
- We went through three bottles of water on our hike. (We used up three bottles of water completely.)
Advanced Usage
- "to go through with (something)": to complete or carry out something you have planned or promised, especially something difficult or unpleasant.
- Despite his nerves, he decided to go through with the speech.
- "to go through the motions": to do something in a mechanical or routine way without any real interest or feeling.
- After the argument, he was just going through the motions at work.
- "to go through hell" (idiomatic): to have an extremely bad or painful experience.
- The refugees went through hell to reach safety.
Variants and Related Words
- Go-over (noun): A thorough inspection or review.
- Give the document a final go-over before you submit it.
- Go-through (noun, informal): A difficult experience.
- The bankruptcy was a real go-through for the family.
Synonyms
- Endure: To suffer patiently.
- Undergo: To experience something, especially something unpleasant or demanding.
- Scrutinize: To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
- Traverse: To travel across or through.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Go over: To review, examine, or check something.
- Let's go over the plan one more time.
- Go across: To move from one side to the other of a place.
- We need to go across the bridge.
Related Idioms
- Go through the roof: To become very angry; or for prices or numbers to increase very rapidly.
- His temper went through the roof when he saw the mistake.
- Gas prices have gone through the roof this year.
- Go through channels: To follow the proper official procedures.
- You must go through channels to get that request approved.
Verb
- pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
- Did he go through with the treatment?
- He implemented a new economic plan
- She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal
- eat immoderately
- Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
- go across or through
- We passed the point where the police car had parked
- A terrible thought went through his mind
- apply thoroughly; think through
- We worked through an example
- go or live through
- We had many trials to go through
- he saw action in Viet Nam