get through to (someone)
idiom
1
: to be clearly expressed to and understood by (someone)
I've talked to him many times, but I just can't seem to get through to him.
2
: to make a successful telephone call to (someone)
Where were you? I've been trying to get through to you (on the phone) all day!
Examples of get through to (someone) in a Sentence
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So maybe the message of this play is gonna get through to someone.
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Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
When officers finally entered his classroom, he was hustled out with other students and loaded onto a school bus to get to the hospital as ambulances could not get through to the school.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
Gilbert can sometimes get through to Gauff where her parents can’t.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The San Francisco Fire Department, for example, said on social media that people unable to get through to 911 on their mobile devices because of the outage should try using landlines.
—Deepti Hajela, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
There’s reasons for that, but Hunter hasn’t been a guy that has played near as close to the basket in many opportunities because there’s been bodies, strong bodies, that he’s got to get through to get close to the basket.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2024
The 6-year-old was in a car with her mother’s uncle, his wife and their four children, before Layan managed to get through to Hamadah confirming the pair were still breathing but hurt and in need of medical attention.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
To get through to people here is just really visceral and tactile and real and personal.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
That allowed a seam pass from Daniel Sprong to get through to David Perron, who one-timed the puck past Kaapo Kahkonen to tie the game 3-3.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
When officers finally entered his classroom, he was hustled out with other students and loaded onto a school bus to get to the hospital as ambulances could not get through to the school.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
Gilbert can sometimes get through to Gauff where her parents can’t.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The San Francisco Fire Department, for example, said on social media that people unable to get through to 911 on their mobile devices because of the outage should try using landlines.
—Deepti Hajela, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
There’s reasons for that, but Hunter hasn’t been a guy that has played near as close to the basket in many opportunities because there’s been bodies, strong bodies, that he’s got to get through to get close to the basket.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2024
The 6-year-old was in a car with her mother’s uncle, his wife and their four children, before Layan managed to get through to Hamadah confirming the pair were still breathing but hurt and in need of medical attention.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
To get through to people here is just really visceral and tactile and real and personal.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
That allowed a seam pass from Daniel Sprong to get through to David Perron, who one-timed the puck past Kaapo Kahkonen to tie the game 3-3.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Get through to (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20through%20to%20%28someone%29. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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