Lexic.us

Definition of Get through

1. Verb. Finish a task completely. "I finally got through this homework assignment"

2. Verb. Spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time.

3. Verb. Succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems. "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

4. Verb. Be in or establish communication with. "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

5. Verb. Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions. "She was penetrated with sorrow"

Definition of Get through

1. Verb. To overcome; to endure. ¹

2. Verb. To complete; to finish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Get Through

get the hang of get the hint get the job done get the jump get the knack get the lead out get the memo get the picture get the point get the sack

get the time get the vapors get the wind up get there get this show on the road get through (current term) get through to get tied up get to get to grips

get to grips with get to know get to one's feet get to the bottom of get to the point get together get turned around get under one's skin get under someone's skin get underway

Literary usage of Get through

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"... GOING TO LOVE ME BEFORE WE get through" THE Swinton barbecue was over. The fiddles were silent, the steer was eaten, the barrel emptied, or largely so, ..."

2. Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration by Lucius Eugene Chittenden (1891)
"LINCOLN "get through BALTIMORE"? THE story of Mr. Lincoln's journey through Baltimore, as recorded in ..."

3. The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Fletcher Webster, Edwin David Sanborn (1857)
"Before you get through this long epistle, you will wish that were true. Yours always, D. WEBSTER. MR. ..."

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