get through
verb
got through; got through or gotten through; getting through; gets through
1
: to reach a destination
2
: to gain approval or a desired outcome
3
a
: to become clear or understood
our warnings finally got through to him
b
: to complete a communications connection
Examples of get through in a Sentence
we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall
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But then again, there’s a lot of story to get through in this sequel to the 2016 hit.
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Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
Making his first start of the season in place of Aidan Mahaney, Diarra got the game going with an alley-oop to Johnson – a shot the Huskies have struggled to get through their first five games.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
Trump is amassing what may be the most inexperienced Cabinet in decades, one with more skeletons afoot than a cemetery and dodgy odds of getting through en masse.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
Infants can also suffer from something called pulmonary hypertension — when blood isn’t getting through the arteries en route to the lungs to pick up oxygen.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
Making his first start of the season in place of Aidan Mahaney, Diarra got the game going with an alley-oop to Johnson – a shot the Huskies have struggled to get through their first five games.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
Trump is amassing what may be the most inexperienced Cabinet in decades, one with more skeletons afoot than a cemetery and dodgy odds of getting through en masse.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
Infants can also suffer from something called pulmonary hypertension — when blood isn’t getting through the arteries en route to the lungs to pick up oxygen.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Get through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20through. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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