get through
To overcome; to endureTo overcome; to endure.
» How will they get through the cold winter in that tent?
Wie werden sie in diesem Zelt über den kalten Winter kommen?
Як вони переживуть холодну зиму у цьому наметі?
Meaning
4 senses(informal, transitive)To overcome; to endure.
Military training was hard, but I got through it.
(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
(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.
(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 sentencesHow will they get through the cold winter in that tent?
Як вони переживуть холодну зиму у цьому наметі? — aandrusiak
deWie werden sie in diesem Zelt über den kalten Winter kommen? — Manfredo
Excuse me. May I get through?
He got through with his work.
I can't get through to Tom.
deIch dringe zu Tom nicht durch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We'll get through this just fine.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
gets through, getting through, got through, got through| Base form | get through · to get through |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gets through |
| Present participle | getting through |
| Past simple | got through |
| Past participle | got through / gotten through |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- get upвстати, вставатиTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- get offзупинитися, зупинятисяTo move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- get outвийти, виходитиTo leave or escape.
- get onстаріти, постарітиTo board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
- get inвигнати, виганятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
- get downзнатиTo bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
- get backповернутися, повертатисяReturn to where one came from.
- get overпокрити, прикритиTo overcome.
More 8
- get awayвтекти, втікатиTo move away (from).
- get intoносити, надітиTo move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get aroundзламати, ламатиTo move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
- get throughдосягати, діставатиTo overcome; to endure.
- get alongвживатися, справлятисяTo interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
- get toзробити, робитиTo reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
- get byвживатися, справлятисяTo subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
- get withTo become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with.
Synonyms
21 synonyms- finish a task completely:wrap upfinish offmop uppolish offclear upfinish up
- succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems:come through
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions:clickdawncome homeget acrosssink inpenetratefall into place
- be in or establish communication with:reachget hold ofcontact
- spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time:while away
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb