gets through (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of get through (to)
as in fills in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets through (to)
  1. fills in
  2. informs
  3. tells
  4. briefs
  5. notifies
  6. contacts
  7. reaches
  8. instructs
Verb
  • Sherman, Maine — Behind the steering wheel of his silver pickup, Scott Bates fills in the blanks with numbers.
    — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Seyfried, now literally playing a character in playing Holmes, also fills in for moments that Oppenheim didn’t or couldn’t record.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of fills in
Verb
  • As that time limit approaches, an announcement informs users their clock is running out.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The mental discipline learned on the road directly informs his musical drive.
    — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of informs
Verb
  • The next morning, Marian is racked with guilt and tells Larry she is probably ruined.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Jetson tells CyberGuy that Astro is a standard Jetson ONE with police lights added.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • Friday briefs them on Paladin, the latest in a centuries-long line of extremely dedicated bounty hunters.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Navy regularly briefs Courtney on classified matters in his position as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee, which oversees the country’s top defense priority, the Columba ballistic missile submarines built by Electric Boat in Groton.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of briefs
Verb
  • Kiar urged residents in South Florida with elderly family members to monitor their relatives' finances and enroll in the free Owner Alert program, which notifies property owners whenever a deed transaction occurs.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The school then notifies the borough safety director and Project Open Arms, a citywide initiative responding to new immigrant students and their families.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of notifies
Verb
  • Sometimes the operators already know about the leaks and are fixing them when the state air agency contacts them, according to the state’s dashboard.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Never give a one-time passcode to someone who contacts you unexpectedly.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of contacts
Verb
  • Board decisions bind immigration judges, so the ruling reaches every pending Venezuelan case.
    — Miguel Pimiento-Restrepo, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The Concerns As with anything that reaches such teetering, scandalous proportions, a lot came together in the Huang(s) Affair.
    — Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of reaches
Verb
  • Parks workers who don't comply with the new policy could face discipline, officials said, adding, the policy also instructs them to not engage in any verbal or physical altercations with ICE agents.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Rama intervenes and instructs Lakshmana to disfigure Shurpanakha.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructs
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