Meaning

4 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To overcome; to endure.

    Military training was hard, but I got through it.

  2. (informal, transitive)To complete; to finish.

    She got through her book this morning!

    I was so thirsty that I got through three glasses of orange juice.

    finish a task completely

  3. (informal, transitive)To use up; to expend.

    Near-synonyms: burn through, run through

    With near-daily trips to Houston and back, he really gets through a lot of fuel in one month.

  4. (informal, intransitive, transitive)To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty.

    Near-synonym: get across

    He was such a dyed-in-the-wool partisan that I just couldn't get through to him and change his mind.

    додзво́нюватисяdodzvónjuvatysja, додзвони́тисяdodzvonýtysja

Examples

241 sentences
  1. How will they get through the cold winter in that tent?

    Як вони переживуть холодну зиму у цьому наметі?

    deWie werden sie in diesem Zelt über den kalten Winter kommen?

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  2. Excuse me. May I get through?

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  3. He got through with his work.

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  4. I can't get through to Tom.

    deIch dringe zu Tom nicht durch.

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  5. We'll get through this just fine.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make contact by telephone:

Forms

gets through, getting through, got through, got through
Base formget through · to get through
3rd person singulargets through
Present participlegetting through
Past simplegot through
Past participlegot through / gotten through

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget through
he, she, itgets through

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot through

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got through
he, she, ithas got through

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get through

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

21 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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