work through
phrasal verb
worked through; working through; works through
: to deal with (something that is difficult or unpleasant) successfully
He saw a psychologist to help him work through his depression.
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The winning point was deciding to work through the issue with transparency and speed.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Others work through analogy: hearing a story in one context and rewriting it for another.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Because she was raised without a father and only went to all-girls schools, one woman, Ji-yeon, chose therapy to work through her fears that her future partner would become like her father.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
The council, launched by the British government and the City of London, is working through how to leverage the city’s deep capital markets and history of financial innovation to make the city—and the country—the world’s green-finance leader.
—Justin Worland, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Others work through analogy: hearing a story in one context and rewriting it for another.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Because she was raised without a father and only went to all-girls schools, one woman, Ji-yeon, chose therapy to work through her fears that her future partner would become like her father.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
The council, launched by the British government and the City of London, is working through how to leverage the city’s deep capital markets and history of financial innovation to make the city—and the country—the world’s green-finance leader.
—Justin Worland, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Work through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20through. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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