GET THROUGH (TO) Synonyms: 24 Similar Words

get through (to)

verb

Definition of get through (to)

as in to communicate (with)

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Earlier this year, Colman Domingo, Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson, and Ike Barinholtz all filled in so Kimmel could go fishing.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, former staff is filling in the blanks left by the missing report.

— Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of fill in

Verb

On Friday, August 14, Kane County Sheriff’s Dispatch was notified about possible human remains located in Kane County on Lake Powell, according to a statement from the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
The facility did not notify the resident’s doctor or family members, as required.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of notify

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Clemson football posted a video on X in which Wilson, who walked on for the Tigers, informed his parents that he had just been awarded a scholarship.

— Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Panettiere said that the writers and producers of the series used her experiences to inform her character’s storylines.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of inform

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Patients are urged to take every dose as instructed and to complete the full treatment course to kill the bacteria and prevent the emergence of new, drug-resistant bacteria.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Here was a candidate who got shot—as Roosevelt was, in 1912, by a man who’d been instructed to do so in a dream by the vengeful ghost of William McKinley—and kept on campaigning.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of instruct

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He was told to wait on a bench at the sixth station of the Fujinomiya trail as his father and brother continued their ascent, the report said.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Rabah told The Associated Press that two settlers arrived with a tractor at his home in Khirbet al-Rakeez in the southern West Bank on Saturday afternoon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of tell

Verb

But at this stage, Gilman, who has five years experience but came in as a free agent, is still familiarizing himself with the playbook.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
At the end of the day, Enterprise is a show best enjoyed by Star Trek fans who like to pore over the Memory Alpha wiki and familiarize themselves with Trek minutiae.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of familiarize

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