go through

verb

went through; gone through; going through; goes through

intransitive verb

1

: to continue firmly or obstinately to the end

… I was going through with it if it killed me.

—A. W. Long

2

a

: to receive approval or sanction : pass

The amendment failed to go through.

b

: to come to a desired or satisfactory conclusion

The sale of the house went through.

transitive verb

1

: to subject to thorough examination, consideration, or study

went through the list of items one by one

2

: experience, undergo

had to go through quite an ordeal

3

: carry out, perform

went through his work in a daze

4

: search

caught him going through my desk

5

: to spend or use all of

already went through our savings

6

: to affect as a thought or memory

The words kept going through his mind.

Examples of go through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Real estate struggles and the property’s primary lender going through bankruptcy thrust the hotel into its first complicated foreclosure in October 2010. —Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026

First, Alice has to go through a fitting for a too-tight dress, and then the queen demands that Alice spy on the Bridgertons? —Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026

For vaccinations, contact your primary care provider or go through Austin Public Health or other public health authorities in your county. —Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026

Teams go through shooting slumps in college basketball. —Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for go through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou