get through

verb

Definition of get throughnext
as in to arrive
to get to a destination we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall

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Recent Examples of get through Precisely where the blockage occurs remains unclear, but the message has yet to get through to everyone. — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025 Toledo got through the next few months with difficulty, canceling some shows and doing his best to tough it out at others. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025 Wennberg then sent the puck to Liljegren, whose shot from inside the blue line got through traffic and past Ullmark for his fifth goal of the season. — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025 Now the Rangers will have to get through a crucial stretch without Fox. — Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get through
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get through
  1. arrive
  2. get in
  3. appear
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  • Another recent time Kai and Vanessa Trump were spotted with Tiger Woods was at the Genesis Invitational, when the three arrived together at Torrey Pines for the final round.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The project sees the musicians sharing their love story, and the full-length is expected to arrive later this month.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of arrive
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  • Now, Harvard is taking it even further, making sure students don’t just get in, but have the financial support to thrive.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Hikers made the discovery and got in contact with the Towns County 911 Center around 11:05 a.m.
    — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of get in
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  • The downside, warn many of the officials who appear in Disclosure, is that keeping this information secret and compartmentalized within the government and the military industrial complex could result in an intelligence failure exponentially worse than what happened with 9/11.
    — Johnny Dodd, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • That appeared to have been the start of a wider onslaught by Assad loyalists, who launched coordinated attacks on government positions in the country’s northwest, killing and imprisoning members of the security forces.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
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