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

According to Bloomberg Intelligence calculations, Netflix would have about $75 billion in debt if the acquisition goes through based on the latest terms, up from about $15 billion now. —Emily Graffeo, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025

Getting Nadia from Minneapolis to Ukraine meant going through four different airports and four different trains. —John Lauritsen, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025

Now that Utah has gone through the door first, don’t be surprised to see those discussions heat up. —Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2025

Items in the gift shops are supposed to already go through an educational and neutrality vetting process before they are allowed on shelves, according to the Associated Press. —Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025

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