go through

verb

went through; gone through; going through; goes through

intransitive verb

1

: to continue firmly or obstinately to the end

… I was going through with it if it killed me.

—A. W. Long

2

a

: to receive approval or sanction : pass

The amendment failed to go through.

b

: to come to a desired or satisfactory conclusion

The sale of the house went through.

transitive verb

1

: to subject to thorough examination, consideration, or study

went through the list of items one by one

2

: experience, undergo

had to go through quite an ordeal

3

: carry out, perform

went through his work in a daze

4

: search

caught him going through my desk

5

: to spend or use all of

already went through our savings

6

: to affect as a thought or memory

The words kept going through his mind.

Examples of go through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During a weekend news conference, Koch stressed how humanity’s path to Mars goes through the moon, the proving ground for points beyond. —Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026

In the time since the movie premiered last year, Peet saw both her parents go through hospice care before dying and had her own battle with breast cancer. —Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

None of that bothered the crowd though, particularly when West went through his deeper back catalog of rap classics. —Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026

After the shot missed wildly, mascots rushed the floor pretending the deep 3-pointer went through the net. —Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for go through

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