soaked through

idiom

: made completely wet
My shirt and pants were soaked through by the rain.

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Cash is king right now, Hsia said, and the AFJ is matching up to $1 million in donations that will go toward things such as new roofs for houses whose roofs were blown off and new furniture after many people's belongings were soaked through and ruined. Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025 Krasznahorkai was born in Hungary in 1954, two years before the Soviets viciously crushed an uprising in Budapest, and his first two novels are soaked through with an atmosphere of political terror. Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025 And make sure to rinse any nursing pads that have been soaked through with milk before placing them in the washing machine. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025 Waterproof dry bags keep the contents completely dry, even if the bag gets soaked through, whereas water-resistant dry bags can only withstand light rain showers or a handful of splashes. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for soaked through

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“Soaked through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soaked%20through. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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