get through
/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.73 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty.
Informal; Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Military training was hard, but I got through it."
- "But, while the others took weeks - hell, even months - to get used to everything, myself included, you found your footing in a matter of days. And not just that - you've also become someone they can trust, even if they don't seem receptive. It's times like these they're gonna need someone like that the most. You're very strong, Pomni. And I know you'll be able to get through this."
- "She got through her book this morning!"
- "I was so thirsty that I got through three glasses of orange juice."
- "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."