go through

What does "go through" mean?

1. To experience something difficult or unpleasant
2. To examine or search something carefully
3. To be officially approved or completed
4. To use up or consume something completely

Examples

• She went through a really tough time after losing her job.
• Let's go through the report together and check for errors.
• The deal finally went through after months of negotiation.
• We go through two cartons of milk every week.
• I went through all my old photos looking for that picture.

How to use it

Very versatile phrasal verb. The meaning depends on context: emotional experience, careful examination, or completion of a process.

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Opposites

Related phrasal verbs

• go on

  To continue doing something or happening

• go out

  To leave your home for social activities or entertainment

• go ahead

  To proceed with something; to start or continue an action

• go off

  To explode or fire (bomb, gun, fireworks)

• go back

  To return to a place

• go away

  To leave a place or person