through with
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having finished or ended a relationship, connection, or involvement with someone or something; no longer concerned with or affected by it. This meaning emphasizes a deliberate and often final termination of an association or activity.
- Having finished using or dealing with something; having completed a task or process. This meaning focuses on the completion of an action or the consumption of an object.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She is through with her old job and is looking for a new one. (She has ended her association with the old job.)
- After the argument, he said he was through with his brother. (He has ended his relationship with his brother.)
- Are you through with the newspaper? May I read it? (Have you finished reading it?)
- I'll be through with this report in about an hour. (I will have finished writing it.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often carries a strong connotation of finality, frustration, or relief. When used about relationships or habits, it suggests a decisive break.
- "I'm through with your excuses!" (I will no longer tolerate them.)
- He promised he was through with lying. (He has completely finished with the habit of lying.)
Variants and Related Words
- Done with: A very close synonym, often interchangeable with "through with," especially regarding completion of tasks. (e.g., )
- Finished with: Another direct synonym for both meanings. (e.g., / )
Synonyms
- Completed (regarding tasks)
- Finished
- Done
- Over with
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- To be through: Can be used alone to mean "to be finished" or "to have ended."
- Our partnership is through. (It has ended.)
- Wait a moment, I'm almost through. (I am almost finished.)
Related Idioms
- Through and through: Completely, in every aspect. (Note: This is a different idiom meaning "thoroughly.")
- He is a professional through and through.
Adjective
- having no further concern with
- he was through with school and he was through with family- John Dos Passos
- done with gambling
- done with drinking
- having finished or arrived at completion
- certain to make history before he's done
- it's a done deed
- after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up
- almost through with his studies