go through

verb

1. go or live through (Freq. 8)

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We had many trials to go through

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he saw action in Viet Nam

• Syn: ↑experience, ↑see

• Derivationally related forms: ↑experience (for: ↑experience)

• Hypernyms: ↑undergo

• Hyponyms:

↑know, ↑experience, ↑live, ↑suffer, ↑endure, ↑meet, ↑feel, ↑enjoy, ↑witness, ↑find, ↑see, ↑come

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

2. apply thoroughly; think through (Freq. 2)

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We worked through an example

• Syn: ↑work through, ↑run through

• Derivationally related forms: ↑run-through (for: ↑run through)

• Hypernyms: ↑work

• Hyponyms: ↑whip through

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

3. eat immoderately

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Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

• Syn: ↑devour, ↑down, ↑consume

• Derivationally related forms: ↑devourer (for: ↑devour)

• Hypernyms: ↑eat

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s somebody

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They go through more bread

4. go across or through

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We passed the point where the police car had parked

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A terrible thought went through his mind

• Syn: ↑pass, ↑go across

• See Also: ↑pass over (for: ↑pass)

• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote

• Hyponyms:

↑break through, ↑crack, ↑squeak by, ↑squeak through, ↑transit, ↑traverse, ↑track, ↑cover, ↑cross, ↑pass over, ↑get over, ↑get across, ↑cut through, ↑cut across, ↑infiltrate, ↑pass through, ↑run, ↑move through, ↑pass across, ↑cut, ↑crash, ↑muscle, ↑transgress, ↑trespass, ↑overstep, ↑negotiate, ↑negociate, ↑lock, ↑make, ↑work, ↑cycle, ↑fumble, ↑blunder

• Verb Frames:

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

5. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

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Did he go through with the treatment?

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He implemented a new economic plan

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She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal

• Syn: ↑follow through, ↑follow up, ↑follow out, ↑carry out, ↑implement, ↑put through

• Derivationally related forms: ↑implementation (for: ↑implement), ↑followup (for: ↑follow up), ↑follow-through (for: ↑follow through), ↑follow-up (for: ↑follow up)

• Hypernyms: ↑complete, ↑finish

• Hyponyms: ↑adhere

• Verb Group:

↑carry through, ↑accomplish, ↑execute, ↑carry out, ↑action, ↑fulfill, ↑fulfil

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s PP

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Somebody ——s PP

(for: ↑follow through)

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1) undergo (a difficult or painful period or experience)

the country is going through a period of economic instability

2) search through or examine carefully or in sequence

she started to go through the bundle of letters

3) (of a proposal or contract) be officially approved or completed

the sale of the building is set to go through

4) informal use up or spend (available money or other resources)

5) (of a book) be successively published in (a specified number of editions)

within two years it went through thirty-one editions

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go through [phrasal verb]

1 go through (something)

1 a : to study or look at (something) in a careful way

The book goes through every detail of the French Revolution.

Let's go through the plan one more time.

1 b : to look in or at (something) in order to find something : to search in or through (something)

I found him going through my closet.

1 c : to experience (something)

He's going through a painful divorce.

I understand what you're going through.

In order to learn the job well, you have to go through several months of training.

The book has already gone through four editions. [=the publishers have already released four editions of the book]

1 d : to spend or use all of (something)

He went through all the money he inherited.

They went through three bottles of wine with dinner.

1 e : to occur throughout (something)

A note of despair goes through the narrative. [=there is a note of despair throughout the narrative]

◇ If something (such as an idea or a song) is going through your head/mind, you are thinking about it or remembering it.

I don't know what was going through her mind [=I don't know what her thoughts were; I don't know why she did this] when she agreed to help him.

That song keeps going through my head.

1 f : to do (something)

It took him about an hour to go through his usual morning routine.

Before we practice the next section, let's go through the chorus once again.

— see also go through the motions at ↑motion, 1

2

◇ Something (such as a law or contract) that goes through is officially accepted and approved.

The bill is expected to go through easily.

The proposed deal failed to go through.

The bill went through Congress/Parliament [=was passed by Congress/Parliament] without difficulty and soon became law.

3 go through with (something) : to do (something that you have thought or talked about)

He was always threatening to quit his job, but I never thought he'd actually go through with it. [=I never thought he would actually do it]

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Main Entry: ↑go

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ˌgo ˈthrough derived

if a law, contract, etc. goes through, it is officially accepted or completed

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The deal did not go through.

Main entry: ↑go_derived