Through
Communication
Being able to contact somebody.
come through | Gabriel was at his computer when the message came through. |
filter through | It seems the news didn't filter through to everyone involved. |
get through | I kept trying to phone home but I couldn't get through. |
put through | Sorry, I wanted the Sales Department. I must have been put through to the wrong extension. |
To the end; completing
Getting to the end of a process or situtation. Sometimes it suggests that you have managed to deal with a difficult situation.
be through | I told him we were through and packed my things and left. |
blunder through | Cramming a million facts with little coherence into your head, and then blundering through the exam while hardly remembering a thing afterward, is a lot of work that will only waste your time. |
break through | The petition has now broken through the 1000 barrier. |
breeze through | He breezed through the test. |
burn through | We have already burned through what little savings we had. |
carry through | His determination carried him through. |
coast through | We lost because we thought we could coast through. |
come through | I came through the treatment looking and feeling twenty years younger. |
crash through | We've crashed through the 100,000 membership mark for the second season in a row! |
follow through | The international community made many promises, but never followed through. |
get through | I went for a lovely Indonesian meal last night. There were fifteen courses. We only managed to get through ten. |
glide through | If you do just these simple things, you will glide through security without a problem. |
go through | It's difficult to gain access to the area without going through tight identity and security checks. |
grind through | I was just grinding through the day in a stuffy office. |
live through | She has had a long and difficult life. She has lived through two world wars and a revolution. |
muddle through | Too often we muddle through life without any clear focus or direction. |
pass through | The cost will be passed through to the final consumer. |
play through | He played through the pain against Liverpool. |
plough through | Whenever I visit my mother I always have to plough through a huge dinner. |
power through | I did power through the book despite not enjoying most of it. |
pull through | I'm happy to hear your sister was able to pull through her illness. |
put through | Sorry, I wanted the Sales Department. I must have been put through to the wrong extension. |
race through | I raced through the book in a couple of days. |
rattle through | I admired the way she would rattle through her work. |
romp through | She romped through the test. |
run through | The details of passengers are run through databases to alert authorities if they are known to pose a threat. |
scrape through | I was not much interested in school, and both at secondary school and at University, I only just scraped through, with as little effort as I judged possible. |
see through | I'm sad that I won't be able to see the project through. |
sit through | His lectures are long and boring. I refuse to sit through any more of them. |
sleep through | He's a very heavy sleeper. If a fire alarm started ringing, I'm sure he would sleep through it. |
slog through | I’m tired of slogging through lists of help suggestions that don’t help. |
sneak through | Japan sneaked through to the World Cup last 16. |
think through | Take a minute to think this through before you do it. |
waltz through | We just waltzed through customs. |
win through | Congratulations to those who won through in the group stages of the competition. |
work through | A counsellor will help you work through your issues. |
Examining
Examining or having a look at something. It could be a book, a magazine, a newspaper or things like pictures, documents, figures and so on. Often done quickly when looking for something.
comb through | Rescuers combed through the wreckage of the plane searching for survivors. |
flick through | He flicked through the channels but found nothing that interested him. |
flip through | He flipped through the files in the cabinets. |
glance through | I glanced through the paper very quickly. |
go through | The police went through my bags at customs. |
leaf through | She wasn't reading. She was just leafing through the pages. |
look through | I've looked through the pics but can't find a good one. |
pick through | They picked through the remains, looking for recognizable bone fragments. |
pore through | They hadn't actually bothered to pore through the details. |
read through | Read through the contract to ensure that there are no errors. |
riffle through | She rifled through the papers until she found the one she needed. |
sift through | The investigators sifted through the rubble in search of forensic evidence. |
skim through | I skimmed through the manual but didn't see it. |
talk through | It might not be a bad idea to talk things through anyway. |
thumb through | She thumbed through the magazine until she found it. |
trawl through | We've trawled through the archives to find facts and figures for our weekly feature. |
wade through | The researchers waded through the results of the survey. |
walk through | Why don't you walk us through the numbers? |
Become law
Approve a law, bill, reform or legal change.
force through | The legislation was forced through without the Assembly having a chance to scrutinise it. |
go through | The bill went through a number of amendments. |
nod through | The law was nodded through with 144 votes in favor and one against. |
pass through | They're confident their police reform bill can pass through Congress. |
push through | They don't have enough support to push through the new forms. |
ram through | The government tried to ram the vote through the House. |
rush through | The changes were rushed through without the opportunity for any parliamentary scrutiny. |
sail through | The bill sailed through without any opposition. |
scrape through | The bill scraped through by only nine votes. |
steamroll through | The deal was steamrolled through by the majority. |
vote through | The controversial immigration bill was voted through the House of Commons on Monday night. |
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