go through
verb
went through; gone through; going through; goes through
1
: to continue firmly or obstinately to the end
… I was going through with it if it killed me.—
A. W. Long
A. W. Long2
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.
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
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.
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Another writer might have been fatally discouraged by what Rushdie has gone through.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Back when everyone assumed that Ryan was still at the bottom of the lake, Emily’s mother, going through his computer to help her daughter pay bills, had discovered about $80,000 in credit-card debt that Emily didn’t know about.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
That beat actually went through a couple of people’s hands.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The plane went through some previous maintenance in San Antonio that put it out of commission for six weeks, Inman said Thursday.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Back when everyone assumed that Ryan was still at the bottom of the lake, Emily’s mother, going through his computer to help her daughter pay bills, had discovered about $80,000 in credit-card debt that Emily didn’t know about.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
That beat actually went through a couple of people’s hands.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The plane went through some previous maintenance in San Antonio that put it out of commission for six weeks, Inman said Thursday.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Go through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20through. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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