get through

verb

got through; got through or gotten through; getting through; gets through

intransitive verb

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

Synonyms

• appear
• arrive
• come
• get in
• land
• show up
• turn up

Examples of get through in a Sentence

we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall

Recent Examples on the Web

Then on Wednesday, Garrett provided 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Clay Holmes, who failed to get through the fifth inning (a long third inning in which the Mets failed to make plays contributed to the short outing). —Will Sammon, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025

The second season is expected to get through Volumes 3 and 4 of the light novel source material. —Kayti Burt, Time, 2 Apr. 2025

Alcantara, meanwhile, needed just 70 pitches to get through five efficient innings. —Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025

Wallen managed to get through almost all of March 29’s episode of SNL, hosted by Mikey Madison, without a big kerfuffle. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for get through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou