as in to arrive
to get to a destination
we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall
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Recent Examples of get through
There’s too much plot to get through, too many characters to acknowledge, too many pieces to move into place so a potential Season 2 can hit the ground running.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
The Mets finally got through the Braves in the 2000 NLCS and played in the World Series against the New York Yankees later that year.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
What about times when criticism, like that of your bare arms, got through to you?
—Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
The Americans had no trouble getting through pool play and the semifinals.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
The Mets finally got through the Braves in the 2000 NLCS and played in the World Series against the New York Yankees later that year.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
What about times when criticism, like that of your bare arms, got through to you?
—Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
The Americans had no trouble getting through pool play and the semifinals.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get through
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The incident is generally contained within within a few hours after resources arrive on scene.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Besides Adebayo, Miami’s only other available center was two-way contract player Vlad Goldin, who arrived from a G-League assignment but did not play.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Will Woll’s return to the Leafs come earlier than the organization anticipated?—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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And 74 of those came when Donovan Olugbode was open for three receptions.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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David Ellison isn’t afraid to get in the ring.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after engineers spent more than a year trying to get in touch with the silent spacecraft.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Eli Lilly is similarly developing a new injectable GLP-1, retatrutide, that appears to be even more effective than the current drugs on the market—and which the company confirmed is not currently included in its agreement with the White House.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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One form Asks whether the tree appears To exhibit a history of failures.—
MaKshya Tolbert,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Get through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20through. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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