go through

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To go through something is to live through something hard — or to search it item by item. Two senses that both mean covering every part.

The enduring sense is sympathetic, so asking what somebody has been through acknowledges a difficult stretch. The searching sense is practical, since going through a drawer or a file means examining everything in it. There are two more: a deal that goes through has been completed, and going through with something means doing it despite doubts. That last one always implies reluctance.

Definitions of go through

1phraseexperienceTo experience something difficult.B2
“Nobody should have to go through that twice.”
2phrasego throughTo examine something item by item.B2
“Let us go through the list once more.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 8 of A Man Called Ove.

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go through

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To go through something is to live through something hard — or to search it item by item. Two senses that both mean covering every part.

Definitions of go through

1phraseexperienceTo experience something difficult.B2
“Nobody should have to go through that twice.”
2phrasego throughTo examine something item by item.B2
“Let us go through the list once more.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 8 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word