get through

verb

got through; got through or gotten through; getting through; gets through

intransitive verb

1

: to reach a destination

2

: to gain approval or a desired outcome

3

a

: to become clear or understood

our warnings finally got through to him

b

: to complete a communications connection

transitive verb

: to reach the end of : complete

got through the ordeal unhurt

Synonyms of get through

• arrive
• come
• get in
• appear

Examples of get through in a Sentence

we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall

Recent Examples on the Web

Can't seem to get through to your child? —Leslie Garisto Pfaff, Parents, 20 Dec. 2025

After getting through all the red tape, the organization asked the God Bless America Motorcycle Color Guard to escort Jasmine to Stormy’s home in Pennsylvania. —Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025

Every gesture, breath, line delivery is heaving with the labor of just trying to get through one day to the next. —Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025

Many of them waited at the airport for four or five days to get through security, to get clearance. —Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for get through

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